Day 10- Friday travel to Bath

Our day started out by being dropped off by our now quite familiar cab driver Andy in quaint little Tisbury. After sauntering back to Beatons Tearoom for elevenses (awesome term for a drink and snack around 11am), we left our bags there and went shopping. The ladies in the store pictured above (called amorio) not only sold me a beautiful nightie, they got chatting to us about how the river scenes in the film Chocolat were filmed in nearby Fonthill Gifford, which you can see signed above. Apparently they had to burn about 4 boats to get that river scene right! They also said Juliette Binoche threw a hissy fit (well, they used a more colourful British expression we can't remember) and told us that the lake at Fonthill was too pretty to miss.

We didn't have time to see the lake at Fonthill so after taking in a few more shops including an antique/decor shop IN THE TRAIN STATION called The Decoration Station, we finally made it to Bath. This is the view from our B&B room's floor to ceiling windows. Ahhhhh! We can highly recommend Paradise House in Bath. It is Paradise!

After yet more tea, we decided that as we were already halfway up the hill as you can see, and the weather was still clement, we would climb to Beechen Cliff which is just behind our B&B.

The park, now called Alexandra Park, is one of the best spots to overlook Bath and it was so pretty in the late day sun.

This is the view away from the city.

"They determined on walking round Beechen Cliff, that noble hill whose beautiful verdure and hanging coppice render it so striking an object from almost every opening in Bath." Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

And this is the view looking towards Bath, with Bath Abbey visible in the centre of the photo. The new buildings in the foreground are a new shopping area by the train station all made of yellow Bath stone to blend with the old buildings.

We then went down into town and enjoyed the late day sun on the Abbey.

The angels climbing Jacob's ladder were amazing! Here is a close up of one:

The angels climbing to heaven (and a few of them fallen angels) are quite striking, especially late on a sunny day!

Also some of the kitschy shops selling things like teapots in novelty shapes like typewriters, telephones  and Bobby helmets.

Ending up at Pulteney Bridge as it was getting dark, we ended up eating at a Turkish restaurant with a view of the bridge.

The food was pretty good and the Turkish coffee was amazing. More Bath tomorrow!

Only 13,351 steps today.

Cheers!