Bath, Part One.

DD3 went to Open Day at Bath Spa University on Saturday, and asked me to go with her. I'm always glad of an excuse to go to beautiful Bath, so off we went on the train on a glorious fine day, even if it was stupid o'clock in the morning.....

We had to change trains at Cardiff Central, 

where we laughed at this lift: 

"A Tardis fit for a Doctor", 

in Welsh and English

By Bath's train and bus stations was this 

great sitting area with deckchairs!

We caught the bus up to the University Campus, 

which was on a hillside in a very rural area.

But when you turn around...

you see some very modern University buildings!

We attended several talks on various degree subjects, 

but I was really surprised to see that all the chairs were like this, 

which seemed to me to be an accident waiting to happen... castors on all four legs!

This part of the campus was the home of the 

Bath School of Art in the 1800s - very lovely.

A view from the other side:

The parkland was serene and beautiful.

We caught the bus back into Bath, 

had some lunch and wandered around 

in the sunshine.It was incredibly busy,

 too busy to be able to stop and take decent photos.

This is the West front of Bath Abbey.

The North side of the Abbey.

And the South side, 

with a modern statue of the Resurrection 

by Laurence  Tindall.

The queue to enter the Roman Baths was huge.

Lots of street entertainers!

Quite a lot of scaffolding up for repair work on various buildings...

I love the architecture!

Even Roman soldier rubber ducks for your bathtub!

Bath's long history as a spa is reflected

 in the Royal Mineral Water Hospital building.

Everywhere you look, there are lovely buildings.

And lots of tourists enjoying the sights.