Bath

James and I and the boys spent a week–end in Bath . We found a dog friendly B&B called the Pratt House.
We again took the train up. We were able to get first class seats for a reasonable price. Bath is famous for
its roman baths which still exist today. We were only able to see the outside of the baths. We found out
early in the week-end that Bath was not so dog friendly. We only found two pubs that we could take the boys
into. And being right after Christmas the shops were full with people looking for bargains. We spent a lot of
time outside walking along the river Avon and canal and playing ball with the boys. The weather was very
cold, the boys even got cold in their sweaters. We found a patch of green to play ball with boys it was near
Pulteney Bridge. It was a kind of a walking maze pattern.



Some info about Bath I found of interest.

Romans built a magnificent temple and bathing complex that still flows with natural hot water.
One of the largest buildings in Bath is it’s Abbey,
Bath Abbey is the last of the great medieval churches of England.
The West Front is unique as it depicts the dream that inspired the Abbey's founder, Bishop Oliver King, Over
the past twelve and a half centuries, three different churches have occupied the site of today’s Abbey: An
Anglo-Saxon Abbey Church dating from 757 pulled down by the Norman conquerors of England soon after
1066. Worship has taken place on the site of today's Abbey for over one thousand years.
The Royal Crescent is one of the world's best known landmarks. Built between 1767 and 1775
and designed by John Wood the younger, the crescent contains some 30 houses,

Pulteney Bridge, together with the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, is one of the world's most beautiful bridges.
Like the Ponte Vecchio it is one of a handful of historic bridges in the world with shops built into it. Built for
William Pulteney by Robert Adams, the bridge was an attempt to connect central Bath to land on the other
bank of the River Avon and make Pulteney's fortune. In spite of its practical origins it is surely the most
romantic bridge in the world, best viewed from Parade Gardens park by the crescent weir.

Over all it was a pretty low key week-end. We walked pretty much all of Bath.