Since the money has come through for insurance re : UK car damage , I'm tossing all the paper that we carried during the trip and hauled home.
I found the calendar page , large box for days that I recorded our trip on. Thus, you get to re - live the trip w/ me.
May 4 land at Gatwick Airport , greeted by our hosts
May 5 try and act normal - we aren't , believe me. Our first fish and dinner from the take away , beer in cans
May 6 off to downtown London and the Bateaux London river cruise , beer in bottles
May 7 out of London and Bath - ward bound. Our stop was Lacock
, a village that refuses to allow overhead wires , satellite dishes and street paving - quaint This Lacock has been used in ' Downton Abbey ' and the Harry Potter series. Our meal was at the Sign of the Angel pub - our first dynamic meal in UK. Arrive in Bath and are delighted w/ our rental unit , BTW ,mention my name at ' Kensington Chapel ' and the owner promised a 10 % discount. We ate deli food from
Morrison's Supermarket
May 8 bango ! We're dying to go - we take the City Tour of Bath
- the history and intrigue. My birthday , I chose the ' Saracen's Head pub , oldest in Bath , 1713. I discovered ' Old Wadworth ' ale ,delish.
May 9 For the same ticket we got the Skyline Tour - essentially Bath seen from the rim of the city. Bath is a river town , that was gradually raised approx 20 ft to avoid the swampy ground. Followed by the boat trip up the Avon R to Bathhampton Mill freehouse pub. The ale was Gem Bitter
and the winner up til then
May 10 - " Well , your the visitors where do you want to go "
Answer " Wales and Newport ". Drive , drive , drive
get there and the town is dying - boarded shops etc.
Grab a coffee and decide that the host remembers a seaside
town , Weston - Super - Mare , and we're off. We take in the Sunday carvery ( roast beast and trimmings ) , the traditional English Sunday meal. The ale was John Smith.
May 11 The trio do the Roman Bath ruins etc. I do a walk - a - bout. I find an excellent washroom and Marks and Spencer
department store. At the ' Couer de Lion ' , smallest pub in Bath , I taste the Adnans Southwold bitter. Terrific
On a recommendation , from a tour guide we hit the Crystal
Palace pub. Why the name ? Well , dummy its all glass inside - a fore court covered by a glass overhang
Food was sensational and the beer was Butcombe Bitter
Hey , think they like bitter there , you bet. Followed the BB w/ more BB
May 12 We are alone now the hosts went for home. We re - found the Crystal Palace and Doombar and Bell Ringer Bitter.
TBC
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