Wednesday 24th July- lovely summers day - our last day really as we travel to Gatwick tomorrow to catch flight home Friday. We decided on a leisurely day - cruise up the Avon to Bathampton - a weir and mill ( no longer operating). Bridge built 1870 - toll was a penny - still a toll bridge. Arthur Phillip ( 1st Gov of NSW) buried at Bathampton. Very pretty river stretch. Then went on Hop on/Hop off up in to the hills above Bath - gorgeous houses, several little v...

Tuesday 23rd July-last few days of travels- booked bus from Bath to Gatwick for Thursday - fly home Friday- arrive late Saturday. Hot today. Caught the Hop on / Hop off up Jane Austen house - interesting - but didn’t do a tour. Around the corner were the Assembly Rooms - a place for music and dancing from 1771. Great 18th c chandeliers. Now houses a wonderful Fashion Museum - fantastic display - 1600’s to now. Up to the Royal Crescent - architectural brillian...

Monday 22nd July- off we set to Bath by train- changed at Didcot Parkway. Room not ready so left luggage and went for a walk - beautiful town - white limestone buildings evoking the grandeur of 18th century life amongst the cobbled laneways. Went in to the Bath Abbey- being renovated- a site of a religious building going back centuries. Checked out the Hop on /Hop off for tomottow. Lunch at “Bill’s” - food seems very reasonable here compared to London. We s...