Roman baths and Regency romance
We caught the train to Bath this morning (after a small struggle to find the car park and enough £1 coins for the meter). We visited an excellent bookshop. We started with the Roman Baths, which our lovely host, Susanne, had encouraged us to visit. They were too crowded with visitors for June's taste, but I loved the video re-enactments of Roman life and the idea that the thermal spring is still pumping out hot water today. Then we visited Bath Abbey, which like all historic buildings has been built, unbuilt, rebuilt. Henry VIII has a lot to answer for. It has stunning ceilings and stained glass and, as a result of the last rebuilding to fix sagging floors, now also has underground heating utilising the thermal spring. June and I played dress ups in the Discovery Centre. We walked up to the Royal Crescent which is a full circle of Georgian terrace houses around a small park. Susanne claims it is the first roundabout. Several scenes from Bridgerton were film...