Buskers, Baths and Blocks of Stone

On the recommendation of our landlady, we used the local park and ride and took a double decker bus from the outskirts of Bath. Parking is really expensive ( the worst was 7 pounds when we went to the Railway Museum in York) and difficult to find close to where you are going, so it was a great option.

We were diverted by a couple of buskers - two fairly scantily clad Welshmen with a comedy / acrobat routine that was hilarious (if not quite a family show!) - they drew a huge crowd and were very funny. I have to say that the buskers in the UK are excellent - they would leave the Cuba Mall lot for dead. We saw some great ones in London, especially in the subways.

Anyway, we eventually made it to the Roman Bath House that Bath is famous for. They had excavated a lot of the remains of the original - it made me see how archaeology could be interesting. The waters were not as remarkable to we Kiwis who are used to seeing hot water come up out of the ground, and if we had paid the 10.50 pounds that it cost to get in, plus the 50p to taste the waters, I think we might have felt a little ripped off.



We are travelling with British Heritage passes which get us into a lot of the places we have been - we have more than got our money’s worth on it, which we only just did with our equivalent London Pass.

Discovered the original home of Sally Lunn (who made the bun) so had to sample - yum!

After that, we drove down to Stonehenge, it was quite surreal. Who knows why people put such time and effort into building such a structure? The crowds there were huge - it is obviously a big drawcard for tourists.