With our customary impeccable timing the Kickass Canada Girl and I selected the weekend that spring chose to put in its first tentative appearance to make pilgrimage to the ancient Roman city of Bath – thereat to take the waters, to indulge in the consumption of fine comestibles and to otherwise generally recuperate following the long hard winter.
Bath is a regular haunt of ours for weekends away, though we are more often to be found there in October celebrating the Girl’s birthday. This visit will – we hope – provide a ‘full stop’ to the particularly tumultuous passage that has been the last six months – and mark the start of a bright new chapter.
Naturally I took the Fuji X10 to Bath with me…
We took the opportunity whilst in Bath to visit the Rec to watch Bath take on Stade Français in the Amlin Cup quarter final. For those who are not afficionados I am – you may not be surprised to hear – referring to rugger! The Rec is quite the loveliest place to watch first class rugby and – though Bath were thoroughly outclassed by their French opponents on this occasion – we spent a splendid Saturday afternoon there, enjoying the feel of the sun on our faces.
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It must be close to 30 years since the last time I took a trip to Bath – it’s a wonderful city.
A friend of mine was doing his BSc at Bath University and I paid him a few visits over the years he was there. He lived on campus but his girlfriend at the time shared an apartment with other students in one of the houses in The Circus – most impressive.
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Though I am sure that much has altered, fundamentally Bath has not changed. Still well worth a visit.
I believe that Nicholas Cage owned a house in the Circus in the not too distant past! Your friend clearly moved in exalted circles (see what I did there?)…
Andy
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