Friday 4 September

Friday 4 September

Bath
We left Liverpool very early in the morning to make our way to Bath. There were multiple train changes – Liverpool to Strafford, Stafford to Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton to Bristol, Bristol to Bath. The connection from Stafford to Wolverhampton was cancelled which put all the other connections out. It was OK, because there are lots of trains criss- crossing Britain all day. We were challenged by a train manager (Train Nazi we are affectionately calling her) on one of the later trains, who had to go away and check her records to see if we were telling her the truth about our train being cancelled. This was the only time in all the train journeys that anyone asked to see tickets, even as we were leaving the stations.

Bath is such a beautiful city. Every time you turn a corner you a struck by another gorgeous streetscape - Row upon row of beautiful Georgian buildings. We have wandered around the Bath Abbey – very beautiful and the vaults underneath had an interesting display of the history of the Abbey; we looked in on the Pump Room (very Jane Austen ).Then we walked around Bath, looking at the many shops, and then explored of the streets, gardens, river and houses. We will tour the Roman Baths tomorrow.