An afternoon in Bath

We arrived in Bristol about 12:30pm and made our way to the serviced apartment where we are stopping tonight.

Why did we come to Bristol?  I included Bristol in my itinerary as one of my daughters lived here for a while, some time ago.

I had planned for us to walk to the Clifton Suspension Bridge as I had always thought it looked interesting.  According to a postcard I bought, the bridge was completed in 1864 from a design by the great Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

However we didn’t get to the bridge, or really anywhere else in Bristol for that matter, as we decided instead to go to Bath for the afternoon!  We caught the train - using our BritRail passes.

We went to the Roman Baths, which were interesting; although I am not sure my level of interest really justified the entry price!  I am usually the one who insists on going to museums.  I often end up going by myself as Anna really isn’t all that interested.  However today it was the other way around.  Anna was interested and I was less than enthusiastic!  Anna says she dislikes museums but quite likes castles, historic houses and the like.  I thought that I should have been more interested, so I bought a small book about the baths so I can read it later!

I really liked the Pulteney Bridge (it is a bridge that still has shops on it).  We had afternoon tea in one of the shops on the bridge, before making our way back to Bath station.

We are off to Oxford tomorrow.