Bath

After the rugby we got in our car and headed to Bath. On the way we stopped off at Stonehenge and I wasn’t quite sure what to expect (well, I knew exactly what to expect) but I was actually blown away by it all. I knew some people who were not that impressed but I thought it was amazing and was so pleased that we went. Kyle had been before but didn’t mind going again. Once we got to Bath we drove to the city centre (after checking into our Air bnb) and went to Pizza Express. After walking around a bit we drove to a supermarket – where I spent about 15 minutes trying to find sandwich bags and had the security guard follow me for a while then offer to help as he said he felt sorry for me. Found them in the end. Well, Kyle did. We had a nice chat with the check out ladies about the rugby game and then headed back to our Air BnB to sleep.

16th September
We dropped our car off, which took an eternity and then finally walked into the centre of town. We did the hop on hop off bus and then walked around the city centre and Kyle had a special vacuum coffee at Mokoko Coffee which was an experience in itself! We literally just walked around the whole day and ended up having a microwave dinner. We spent some time chilling out back at our accommodation which was also very nice to finally get some down time.

17th September
The next morning we went to the Sally Lun house which is the oldest house in Bath. The date of it was 1482 and was used as the original Sally Lun bakery. We bought a Sally Lun Bun and ate it on the riverside and it was really warm and lovely by the small waterfall. Sally Lun buns are important to me as I always buy one for my Grandma when I go to visit. I have been doing it for about 10 years or more now, because her mother always used to have one for them when they came and visited with my mum. So it’s a small little tradition and so cool to have gone there. The bun was not gluten free but I still ate and enjoyed it with no sickness!

After that we went to a small little museum which was called Bath at Work. It was full from top to bottom of bits and pieces that the owner had collected over the years. Johnathon Bowler was his name. He had huge machines that helped him make all sorts of things metal, he also made ginger beer which was cool. The building was also used as an old royal indoor tennis court (real tennis). It was all a bit odd but cool to see something different. After this we went to the Roman baths. Kyle had been before but I hadn’t and I was suitably impressed, though a bit disappointed that we couldn’t actually swim. The whole thing took us

longer than we expected so had to rush the last bit, but was still thoroughly enjoyable. The weather was also spectacular – we have been so lucky! That night we went to pizza express again and had the same waitress. - Danielle