Farewell Bath

 

Overlooking the center of Bath

     Sadly, I have to leave Bath.  The two and a half months have flown by.  I will miss many things when I return home.  Some of the things I love about Bath are the beautiful Georgian buildings, the Roman Baths, parks, going on picnics, the library, and being able to walk everywhere.  By far, my favorite thing about Bath is the food.  From sweet fudge to savory pies, local ice cream to fish and chips, I enjoyed stuffing my face with lots of lovely things to eat at breakfast, lunch, tea time and dinner.  I hope I will get the chance to come back to Bath. 

I lived at the end of Great Pulteney Street.

On Top of the Tower

Bath Abbey

   
      The Abbey is one of the best pieces of architecture I have EVER seen.  It has beautiful stained glass windows and a lovely scalloped ceiling.  The abbey was built in 1499 but was incomplete until 1611.  Part of the reason for this was because in 1539, King  Henry the 8th ordered the abbey to be burned down. 

Inside the Abbey

      I took the Tower Tour to the top terrace.  I climbed 212 steps to get there but stopped to see the bells and the clock face.  When I stopped at the bell room we got to see how the bells worked.  The bells were actually upside down!  I also got to see the inside of the  clock face and learned it is not owned by the abbey but owned by the city.  As I started up the rest of the stairs I peered more closely at bells. The biggest bell was the size of a small car.  Then I was at the top.  It was magnificent seeing everything below.  I could see most of the places I had been in the last 2 months.

Behind the clock face

A trip down the River Avon

     

The Bathwick Boatman

It was a nice sunny day.  The water was still with a small snitch of wind.  My dad wanted to go punting and thought this the day to do it.  Luckily right down the street was a place you could rent boats called the Bathwick Boatman.  We heard about a boat called a rowing punt and decided to try one out.  We got a rowing punt called Lady Rose and set off to Bathampton.  Along the way we met a few boats (5 of them - 3 ferries and 2 rowing punts) and crashed into a few bushes.  I mainly steered the boat but I rowed a little at the end.  Rowing was VERY hard for my family.  After we went under our first bridge we realized we had only 20 minutes to get back!  We didn't have the time to go to Bathampton.  I didn't really mind though, because it was peaceful, rowing down the tranquil Avon river.

Rowing is hard work!