Skip to main content

A Visit to Bath

Yesterday we had a day off as I was not too well, but today we moved onto Bristol for the night. We didn't have to go too far but we wanted to visit Bath.
Bristol views across the river Avon


We caught a bus then a train over to Bath as again - No parks for the big beast we are travelling in.
Flower garden in a box



Bath

It was well worth the trip and we enjoyed the town and visiting the Roman Baths there.
The streets and buildings are really well kept and was nice just wandering around the centre of town taking in the sights.

The Baths was a great place to visit. Much bigger than we expected. You take a self guided tour with audio assistance to walk about and see the different places within the building. As we found out they are still excavating around here because it was such a larger place.
View from above


The pools are fed by natural hot springs and cold ones for various purposes.

Natural Hot spring



There were numerous pools in the centre some were used 1 was kept solely for the gods.
only for the gods
They also had there own heating room like a sauna fed by slaves heating wood up.
A floor sat on these and underneath was hot air
People also threw money in the pools to gain favor with the gods.  Also they wrote curse to the gods to bring misfortune to thieves or something done wrong to them. That was funny. Generally minor things.
Money collected from excavation

Loved seeing these

Coin well

The Romans really got about and built this place a long way from home. 


76AD earliest record
 Fascinating place to visit. Loved it

Till next time from the end of the world :)

Rob & Liz

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

 Hi all, Here a brief overview of our 2 day adventure on Fraser Island with Fraser Island Explorer Tours. Here is a link to our trip in video format.  https://youtu.be/QY8tr093G4o We were picked up from our accommodation by our tour guide who then picked up some more of our group and headed to the barge to go across to the Island. It was very smooth no seasickness this time :) We got on the 4x4 wheel bus and headed inland to Lake Mackenzie. This was a very picturesque spot. The water was very cool and the sand as white as we've seen it. After this we headed to Central station , the old tree clearing head quarters. Next we headed for Lake Wobby which was a 45 min trek in and 45 out across lots of sand. It sits on a big sand-blow which will eventually disappear. A small fresh water lake with a couple of cat fish in it. Then off to our accommodation for the night. The next day we headed out to run the beach pretty much all day heading all the way up to Champagne Pools. We eventually w
1 comment
Read more

Hervey Bay and the case of the missing whales.

 Hi lovelies, It has been some 8 months since our last post.  Travel around the world has certainly changed in 2020. We had not planned to do too much traveling in the first half of the year, but we quickly discovered that us making that decision and the government telling us that we won't are two very different things. :-). Feeling the need for a bit of a break, and a touch of fishing we headed for Hervey Bay on Wednesday. We had a great drive up, even managed to stop for a quick chat with the lovely Shirley in Cooya.   On Thursday we headed for a quick trip to the information centre.  To my surprise Robbie wanted to book another whale watching cruise.  We spoke at length to the agent there and finally chose what was supposed to be the calmest day for the next week.  It was then off for a drive along the coast line from Point Vernon to Urangan.   The day was beautiful, though there were large patches of mist/fog that hung around some of the coast.  We had a lovely wander along the
Post a Comment
Read more

It's all about the birds.

Hi lovelies, Did you all manage to keep warm last night.  It was a little chilly here, which was not helped by the fact that we left the outer door to the van open.  What silly people we are. Today was such a beautiful day. We went for a short drive to the dam on the property. It is obvious that the dam is suffering from the lack of water, but we were blessed to see some gorgeous birds. On returning to the van we were met by a number of birds that decided it was time for their lunch. We are so blessed to have such a variety of birdlife around the van. Remember to sing the song - "There was one in the bed..... "   They are quite inquisitive,  but keep an eye on the humans just to make sure we are not going to do anything untoward. This gorgeous butcher bird decided that as I had vacated my chair it was all for him.  He entertained Rob with a concert.  He did not even seem to concerned when I returned. We were also
Post a Comment
Read more