Bristol baby yeah
Had a great time staying with Jane and Mark, bonus points go to the arrival of Jess (one of Janes friends from school) from Africa just a few hours before me.
Perfect tour guides, and I am sure they love every minute of it!! Jane, maybe you could change careers! We headed into Bath on Sunday, well started the day just a bit out of Bath where we walked along the canal and saw where the canal passes over not only a set of railway tracks, but a river as well.... really is an interesting feat of engineering design. Also saw some of the canal boats in action - now that would be a relaxing way of life!
Bath is an absolutely beautiful place, one of the most amazing things was the lines and lines of terraced houses... like were talking 100m or more... crazy!! And the copious amounts of sandstone Roman architecture, just amazing. After scouring the tourist centre for a place to eat we finally got some lunch and then Jess and I headed off to do the tour of the baths. Hot springs, rich in minerals that were reknowned for curing many conditions... that's why the city was extablished and then developed by the Romans who built the baths and temple over the springs. Read more on Bath here.
Monday - caught the train to Cardiff. Really beautiful city, especially the Cardiff Bay area... even though it was windy, rainy and essentially a crap day. They have poured millions into developing the bay to become a local, national and international tourist destination. Most impressive is the blockade they put in place to essentially dam the tidal bay that was left as a stinking mud flat for about half the day (guess that happens with a 14m tidal shift!). Also went to see the Millenium Stadium - massive new stadium, home of the Welsh rugby team. Monday night we went and checked out the MASSIVE swinging bridge... kinda makes the one in The Gorge look like half a squashed pea! Finished the day with a great little pub meal and a few half pints of Leffe (Belgian trappist beer).
Tuesday - packed up, dropped gear with Jane at work and headed out around Bristol with Jess. Spent a big part of the arvo in the Industrial Museum that traces Bristols involvement in the development of many things including airplane engines (especially the concorde) and it's massive involvement in the slave trade. More pub life and some gorgeous pints of Grolsch to top off the Bristol experience.
Thanks Jane and Mark.. had heaps of fun. And thanks Jess for being a champion fellow traveller/tourist!
And then it was off to Scotland... Edinburgh to be precise.
Perfect tour guides, and I am sure they love every minute of it!! Jane, maybe you could change careers! We headed into Bath on Sunday, well started the day just a bit out of Bath where we walked along the canal and saw where the canal passes over not only a set of railway tracks, but a river as well.... really is an interesting feat of engineering design. Also saw some of the canal boats in action - now that would be a relaxing way of life!
Bath is an absolutely beautiful place, one of the most amazing things was the lines and lines of terraced houses... like were talking 100m or more... crazy!! And the copious amounts of sandstone Roman architecture, just amazing. After scouring the tourist centre for a place to eat we finally got some lunch and then Jess and I headed off to do the tour of the baths. Hot springs, rich in minerals that were reknowned for curing many conditions... that's why the city was extablished and then developed by the Romans who built the baths and temple over the springs. Read more on Bath here.
Monday - caught the train to Cardiff. Really beautiful city, especially the Cardiff Bay area... even though it was windy, rainy and essentially a crap day. They have poured millions into developing the bay to become a local, national and international tourist destination. Most impressive is the blockade they put in place to essentially dam the tidal bay that was left as a stinking mud flat for about half the day (guess that happens with a 14m tidal shift!). Also went to see the Millenium Stadium - massive new stadium, home of the Welsh rugby team. Monday night we went and checked out the MASSIVE swinging bridge... kinda makes the one in The Gorge look like half a squashed pea! Finished the day with a great little pub meal and a few half pints of Leffe (Belgian trappist beer).
Tuesday - packed up, dropped gear with Jane at work and headed out around Bristol with Jess. Spent a big part of the arvo in the Industrial Museum that traces Bristols involvement in the development of many things including airplane engines (especially the concorde) and it's massive involvement in the slave trade. More pub life and some gorgeous pints of Grolsch to top off the Bristol experience.
Thanks Jane and Mark.. had heaps of fun. And thanks Jess for being a champion fellow traveller/tourist!
And then it was off to Scotland... Edinburgh to be precise.
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