Bath

We finally had a night out of London, to go to Daniel's cousin, Bridie's farewell in Wells, Somerset in south west england. On the way, we took a short detour to Bath. The drive was amazing in itself- so many shades of green and quaint little villages every ten minutes or so apart.

Bath too was impressive- it is set in a valley and so green too. But what it is most famous for is that it is the site for some very well preserved ancient Roman Baths, whereby they made bathing pools using natural hot mineral springs thousands of years ago. Problem was, once the Romans left, the next lot of people (the Normans i think??) Built on top of it.. and so it stayed hidden for centuries an was only discovered in full a few hundred years ago. Apparently there is still so much more they are yet to discover hiden underneath the city. It is a really well set up tourist attraction- and even though Bath was really busy on a saturday afternoon when we were there, the Baths themselves weren't too busy. It gives you such a great impression on everything they could achieve!!

The Romans were so clever! These bricks were used to hold up a floor, and underneath the floor they'd have heat from the hot springs going through- creating floor heating- all in the BC.

You cant actually swim in the Baths, theyre untreated and they dont even recommend you touch the water. There is a small stream of water and we had a touch. It was pretty warm.

Bath also has a really nice looking cathedral. We didn't spend the time looking at it.

Basically, if you come to the UK and can have some mobility and get out of London, Id recommend going to Bath. It is well worth the drive and those Romans sure were clever!