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Shopping in Bath

Written by zabelle on January 23, 2008

  • Bartlett Street Antiques Center Bartlett StThis is a very upscale antiques shop with more than forty dealers. Almost everything is in a glass case. This is not the shop to go to if you are...
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Mr Darcy's Tea

Eating in Bath

Written by zabelle on January 23, 2008

  • I have to admit that we had a very unusual eating pattern in Bath. We arrived on Sunday afternoon and after checking into our hotel where we met up with fellow guides BG from Devizes...
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Bath's lesser known sights

The Jane Austen Centre, Herschel Museum, the Hand Fountain and Brunel's House

Written by GB from Devizes on March 26, 2006

  • There is so much to detail about this city that it becomes necessary to place some of the sights into a general entry.First off is the Jane Austen Centre at 40 Gay St. This is...
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Bath's architecture

Circles, Squares and Crescents - Bath's architecture at its best

Written by GB from Devizes on March 26, 2006

  • Bath has a wonderful architectural legacy with its broad avenues and elegant buildings. But it is the Squares, Circles, and Crescents that really lend the atmosphere to this lovely old city.The three most...
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Bath

The Hot Springs

Written by GB from Devizes on March 26, 2006

  • The world-famous Roman Baths here were built between the 1st and 4th centuries AD. They took advantage of the natural hot springs that rise to the surface in the city, delivering a seemingly endless supply...
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A great tour on a raw rainy Brit day

Written by stevewall on March 19, 2004

  • Sunday October 13, 2002 The day started raw and chilly that turned quite nasty with a relentless rain all day. It even got nastier as evening set in and the chill became downright cold. The clothier...
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A pilgrim filling his bottle with well water

The Chalice Well - the last resting place of the Holy Grail

Written by actonsteve on September 17, 2003

  • " In a remote marshy plain twenty miles south of Bath the agents tracked down the headquarters of a cult, a tiny settlement among the marshes where the Christians lived in tiny reed huts. The...
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The ruins of the nave looking west

The Isle of Avalon - the ruins of Glastonury Abbey - where King Arthur and Queen Guinevere rest...

Written by actonsteve on September 17, 2003

  • "And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountain green? And was the holy Lamb of God? On England's pleasant pastures seen?" William Blake, 1757-1837 And did these feet in ancient times walk upon the hills of Glastonbury?...
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More medieval statuary then most countries

Wells Cathedral - possibly the most beautiful in all England...?

Written by actonsteve on September 17, 2003

  • Of all the great surprises on my recent trip to Bath, the best has to be Wells.. This tiny town in the middle of the Somerset countryside was exquisitely beautiful. It is England's smallest Cathedral city...
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The start of Milsom Street

Bath at it's most elegant - the Royal Crescent, Queen Square and 'The Circus'

Written by actonsteve on September 17, 2003

  • If I could travel back in time in Britain - top of my list of eras to visit would be the 18th Century. This was a century to have fun. This was a century which valued...
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