Today we are on our way to the western tip of the UK - Penzance - after three days in the old sandstone city of Bath.
Our first view of Bath is of a village of honey-coloured buildings clustered around the River Avon. As it's late Summer here, there are a lot of boats out on the river; mostly the brightly painted narrowboats that can navigate the Kennet canal. From the window of our guesthouse we can see hot air balloons floating above the valley.
On our first day we visit the Roman baths in the city centre where historians believe the Celts enjoyed the natural hot springs as far back as 860BC, before the Romans came along and developed the site - hot and cold baths, ingenious piping, mosaics, the odd temple or two. That's the 'other' J.C. seen here presiding over the baths.
Our first view of Bath is of a village of honey-coloured buildings clustered around the River Avon. As it's late Summer here, there are a lot of boats out on the river; mostly the brightly painted narrowboats that can navigate the Kennet canal. From the window of our guesthouse we can see hot air balloons floating above the valley.
On our first day we visit the Roman baths in the city centre where historians believe the Celts enjoyed the natural hot springs as far back as 860BC, before the Romans came along and developed the site - hot and cold baths, ingenious piping, mosaics, the odd temple or two. That's the 'other' J.C. seen here presiding over the baths.
On a day mixed with rain, sun, cloudy and sunny skies we take a trip out to Stonehenge and navigate the stone circle, listening to conjecture about the significance of the 5000-year old site. I'm leaning towards the ancient calendar theory - it seems the most likely reason to arrange the stones on the Salisbury Plain, enabling the sun to shine through the sequential arches in the circle. Dotted around the site are burial barrows, small mounds where human ashes, animal bones and trinkets for the afterlife were interred.
Enjoying the photo tour. Looking forward to the next instalment ... X
ReplyDeleteHi Chris,
ReplyDeleteWe are off to London tomorrow, Cornwall's been beautiful but weather somewhat variable. I'm beginning to understand why Mum and Dad emigrated to Australia.
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