after hearing much about bath from the characters of the many austen novels that we have read my mind already had a firm image of what it should look like, however what i thought it should look like and what it did look like were slightly different.
the roman baths were extremely interesting, they are built on natural hot springs and although i probably should have already known this i didn't and i found it extremely interesting.
I am pretty sure that i would not enjoy swimming in these
rather green bathes
Although we did not have the opportunity to enter into Bath Abbey, because
there was a graduation that was going on we got to observe the beautiful
outside of the Abbey and the part i like the best were the Angels climbing up
the ladders to Heaven
The next stop within Bath was to the Assembly hall where characters from Jane Austen's novels would have gone to dance the night away.
Beautiful Chandeliers
Large dancing rooms
and a group full of silly girls
We quite enjoyed dancing all afternoon
Next stop is Stourhead
This is one of the most beautiful places that i have seen every way you looked there was something beautiful to see. i could have spent hours just walking around the lake and enjoying the scenery
many of you probably recognize this from the latest version of
Pride and prejudice well here it is and it sure is beautiful
so many girls all that was missing was the Mr. Darcies!!
further around the lake there is another little building that is just as picturesque as this one
look at those ugly ducklings
they sure are cute... even if they are Ugly
everything was brilliant
i can't wait to travel back here and spend
more time exploring the grounds
of Stourhead
Glastonbury
Glastonbury Abbey- it is said that this is the place where joseph of arimathea brought jesus when he was a boy and where his rod planted a thorn tree whose decedents still are alive today in the Abbey gardens. this is also where the legendary king arthur and his wife are said to be buried
one word DISSOLUTION
the abbey was destroyed during kind henry viii's reign when ordered a dissolution of all the catholic chapels, monasteries, abbeys, etc.
the tree coming in from the left side of the photo is said
to be a thorn tree that is a descendant of the
tree that joseph planted thousands of years ago
take it or leave it... believe it of not ... i don't know
i really enjoyed roaming around these ruins but there were a few things that disagreed with me...
poor little pigs, what did they do to deserve a sad end like this?
i know this is a super cute picture of me... but it is showing king arthur's "resting place"
Yeah i am pretty sure it is creepy that i did this but oh well what's done is done
at the end of our visit here we liked the abbey so much that we all decided to change our life styles and become...
ok so not really but they just had these sweet costumes for little kids to try on ... and we just couldn't resist
On to the TOR
the hike to the top
the tor
some of the view
more of the view
even more of the view
the rest of the view
all around the top of the hill there are beautiful views that you just can't ever get enough of. so many different ways to look you can see almost clear out to the sea
I LOVED hiking to the top of the hill and looking over the valley it was just amazingly brilliant
This day was spectacular
What a great way to end day trip #2
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