Today we motored from "The Farm" South about 75 miles to the city of
Bath ... this city is famous for the largest remaining
Roman Bath on the planet. Basically, Bath always considered itself to be the Hollywood of England. During the Roman empire days it was discovered that there was a hot spring (I believe the only one in Great Britain) here and so they decided it was an appropriate place for a temple for the goddess Minerva. When the English were turning it into something of a resort, they held massive eloquent parades and festivals in the area. At one time Bath lost favor as a popular spot until one of the Georgian era queens was having trouble conceiving ... she went to Bath and doused herself in the waters there and 10 months later bore a new heir to the throne ... Bath was back in business big time!!
So ... we naturally needed to see Bath ... it was as advertised ... a hot spring fed place that first the Romans and then the English tried to turn into something special ... I'll let the reader decide for themselves by looking at the photos ... as before there are more photos in the gallery ...
Minerva
After our bath ... we drove to Bradford on Avon ... we THOUGHT we would do some shopping here ... instead we basically took our lives in our hands trying to maneuver through the incredibly NARROW (think an alley in one of our cities where a single garbage truck can barely pass through ... NOW ... park cars on one side of that alley and allow two way traffic to pass through it on a twisting curvy road up and down a very steep incline ... add to that many pedestrians ... that was the situation). ... oh and by the way .. we had no clue where we were going and still driving on the wrong side of the road with the driver on the wrong side of the car ... THIS IS SCARY DAMN STUFF I AM HERE TO TELL YOU!!!
We had a plan ...
Soooooo by the grace of God and whoever looks out for old people we managed to escape with our lives ... and headed back towards the Farm ... we stopped in Chipping Camden for a bite of dinner in a local pub ... we all had something to steady our nerves ... and are now safely back and ready for bed ...
Tomorrow ... Blenheim Palace and Stratford Upon Avon ...
