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Tuesday 24.05.2011 - we left Cornall behind and headed for Bath. Kerrie and Greg had previously stayed in Bath in 1997 when they were on a Trafalgar bus tour of the UK and had very fond memories of the place so we decided to stay there again.
On our way to our hotel we had to cross a stone toll bridge where cars were charged 1 pound and motorbikes 40 pence.
The owners of the bridge had a royal charter to collect the toll and not pay tax. We were told that about 2000 cars per week cross the bridge so its not a bad earner! It is apparently one of only toll five bridges in the UK with the royal charter so the tip is - buy a toll bridge.
We booked into the Old Mill Hotel, named of course because it has an operating water wheel as it used to be a flour mill.
As we were about 2.5 miles from the town centre, we caught a ferry into town that plied the Avon River.
Once in town we walked around checking out the sights but we were too late to get into the Roman Baths as it had closed for the day.
Bath gets its name from the ancient bath system built by the Romans around thermal pools that surface in the town.
After dinner we caught a taxi back to our hotel and visited a cemetery nearby that has two famous residents buried there. The first is our own Captain Arthur PHILLIP of the First Fleet fame and first Governor of NSW. He died aged 76 after living in the area in retirement from the Royal Navy as an Admiral.
The second famous resident (can't remember his name) is suspected on being Jack The Ripper. He was supposed to be a suspect and interviewed by the London Metropolitan Police after being detained in the Whitehall area carrying surgical tools (Jack's choice of weapon). When the heat was on he returned home to Bath and apparently kept his nose clean after that.
As it turned out we were unable to locate either grave but we did notice one headstone of a lady born in 1652 who died in 1740 aged 88! Not bad for those times.
We then walked back to our hotel and found our way to the guest room overlooking the water wheel where we polished off a nice bottle of red and a tasty cheese board.
On our way to our hotel we had to cross a stone toll bridge where cars were charged 1 pound and motorbikes 40 pence.
The owners of the bridge had a royal charter to collect the toll and not pay tax. We were told that about 2000 cars per week cross the bridge so its not a bad earner! It is apparently one of only toll five bridges in the UK with the royal charter so the tip is - buy a toll bridge.
We booked into the Old Mill Hotel, named of course because it has an operating water wheel as it used to be a flour mill.
As we were about 2.5 miles from the town centre, we caught a ferry into town that plied the Avon River.
Once in town we walked around checking out the sights but we were too late to get into the Roman Baths as it had closed for the day.
Bath gets its name from the ancient bath system built by the Romans around thermal pools that surface in the town.
After dinner we caught a taxi back to our hotel and visited a cemetery nearby that has two famous residents buried there. The first is our own Captain Arthur PHILLIP of the First Fleet fame and first Governor of NSW. He died aged 76 after living in the area in retirement from the Royal Navy as an Admiral.
The second famous resident (can't remember his name) is suspected on being Jack The Ripper. He was supposed to be a suspect and interviewed by the London Metropolitan Police after being detained in the Whitehall area carrying surgical tools (Jack's choice of weapon). When the heat was on he returned home to Bath and apparently kept his nose clean after that.
As it turned out we were unable to locate either grave but we did notice one headstone of a lady born in 1652 who died in 1740 aged 88! Not bad for those times.
We then walked back to our hotel and found our way to the guest room overlooking the water wheel where we polished off a nice bottle of red and a tasty cheese board.
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