Arriving in Bath - the train journey takes you through increasingly green countryside and even the railway station is in a picturesque setting
Legislation ensures that all buildings in Bath are made of Bath stone (albeit with some post-war exceptions). This gives a uniform background aesthetic quality.
Glimpses of the river Avon (one of several in England) snd canal boats set amongst the leafy environment.
Looking across the city of Bath from one of its surrounding hills.
The Abbey apparently has more glass than stone in it and in its Saxon version, the first King of England was crowned in the 900s.
Keeping the beautiful Bath stone clean is a constant challenge due to traffic fumes.
Sally Lunn's tearooms - home of the famous Sally Lunn bun made on this site to the same recipe since 1680 (so they say!)
The Georgian tradition of Bath being a place of healing is maintained as a theme in many of the delightful shops lining the shopping lanes and streets.
Many of the upper story windows in Bath have beautiful cast iron window boxes fashioned in quite delicate patterns.
Cast iron decoratively functional features abound on the Georgian buildings, shown to maximum advantage against the Bath stone and white painted facades.
Time for a coffee in the little shop on the end of the Pultney bridge - only one of 3 bridges in the world that has shops either side and the only one that also allows traffic - quaint and gorgeous!
The walk up the hill to the Royal Circus was well worth the effort - inspired by the Colloseum in Rome and built to the same diameter.
Classical Greek and Roman architecture with the progressiove Doric, Ionic and Corinthian columns on each storey.
Decorative acorns on the roofline are a reference to a Bath legend about a pig!
Each house in the Circus allows personal expression of style through its white front door and first floor white painted iron window box treament.
Example of one style of window box
Full circle and time to descend the hill
Bath was/is all about style and fashion
Typical Roman carved sculptures on one of the buildings
Close up of sculptures
The park beside the river is a popular recreational location
Every town has its market building - Bath City Markets by Royal Charter
The Church Spire soars against the late afternoon blue sky
There are currently 100 different versions of this pig around Bath - they will be auctioned for charity later in the year This one is at the Railway Station
Farewell Bath - I am besotted and will return someday - hopefully for a much longer stay.
