Bath is a beautiful city and one I was lucky enough to explore for my birthday treat two weeks ago. The weather on the first evening was fantastic, and we somehow managed to plan our stay with the start of Bath’s Music and Literary festival. Music to suit any taste was played all around the city, but the drumming and dancing procession was the highlight for me. I could have followed them around all evening!
The Cathedral and Church by the Roman Baths looked beautiful in the evening sun;
On our wander around the city I spotted this pub. It reminds me of one of my favourite characters from my new book, The Lost Sentinel – Garrick. I know from my beta readers that he’s also a favourite of theirs.
He’s partial to an ale or three, so I wonder what Garrick would make of this pub being named after him.
The picture couldn’t be more different from my Garrick though; he’s young, big built, shaven-headed and handsome! He’s also a hero with a big heart.
The next morning the sun had disappeared, but Bath is a beautiful city to explore in any weather. Many of the roads through the city had been closed off to traffic for a bike race happening that day.
This is the Guildhall, which I’d love to see inside.
The church we’d seen the previous evening had been open to the public so I hadn’t seen these beautiful doors.
The Roman Baths were fascinating;
There was plenty to explore inside the baths too; the different bath houses, the artefacts, and videos of ancient roman life to bring the past alive.
You can also taste the natural spring water, which is said to have magic or healing properties. It was warm and had a very unique flavour – I suggest having a chewing gum at the ready!
Finally we stumbled upon a church with roosting Peregrines, which was a real bonus at the end of the trip. Despite the rain, I managed to get a couple of shots of them though the quality at such a distance wasn’t so great. Still wild Peregrines!
There was still so much of Bath we didn’t get to explore, which gives me a perfect excuse to go back there.
I hope you enjoyed my little tour. Next time I have a mini tour of Arundel and Chichester to share. And some wonderful shots of birds of prey from my day at Falco West Sussex Falconry. What an experience that was!
Suzanne Rogerson Fantasy Author 
I had the privilege of visiting Bath many years ago and I loved it! Your pictures are a wonderful reminder.
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I’m glad you enjoyed it and that my pictures have brought back some happy memories!
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Thanks for sharing.
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Lovely cathedral and peregrines! Now I’m looking forward to Arundel…
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Thank you. Arundel is beautiful too, well worth a visit.
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I think I did visit once, a long time ago. Looking forward to your photographs!
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Stunning pictures thank you.
xxx Huge Hugs xxx
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Thanks very much.
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I thought of Garrick’s Head as soon as I read Garrick in the book. It’s the only time I’ve heard the name before! I’m so glad you had fun. We love to pop into Bath, it’s much nicer than Bristol! 😂
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I thought Garrick was a name I’d created but there is a famous theatre with that name as well!
We were actually thinking of coming to Bristol soon when we take the children to Cheddar Gorge.
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Really?! Well I had no idea!
Garrick is definitely my favourite character. I just finished … You never told me I would need a box of tissues for this one. 😂
Ooh that will be fun you will probably really enjoy Bristol. People always seem to when they visit. Especially around the Harbourside.
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I hope you enjoyed it, even if it did make you cry.
We were hoping to go to the harbour. I’m very into ships after writing this book!
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I did, very much, glad I have a bit of time to process before I write the review though!
The harbour is lovely, you should check out The Matthew, you can go aboard and look around and they do trips around the harbour aswell.
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I’ve added The Matthew to my list of things to do, thank you 😀
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Thanks for the beautiful tour of Bath! I wanted to visit there when I was in England a couple of years ago but ran out of time.
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England has so many beautiful towns and cities, I’ve only just started to explore them myself! I would recommend Bath if you get the chance in the future.
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I’ve always (very ignorantly) wondered why Bath, UK was called that. And I’ve always asked myself, “were baths invented there?” You know, just highly ignorant comments that would make me sound stupid and ignorant, so I keep locked in my head.
Your post was very enlightening. Thank you
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I hadn’t thought of it like that before, but then we do have some very funny town names (Gaydon and Baldslow come to mind). It can be quite amusing studying the local maps.
Thanks for stopping by.
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HAHAH! Oh jeeze, never heard of those two but that is quite hilarious! Next time I’m bored, you can bet I’ll be creeping the UK on Google Maps.
Cheers 🙂
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I’m sure you’ll find some even better ones!
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Lovely photos, Suzanne. It’s been a few years since I was last in Bath. Brings back memories. Is that a peregrine? Brilliant!
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Thank you. Yes there was a pair of peregrines but looking back at the pictures now it’s really hard to spot them. I should have circled them!
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