This is the longest section. There are either two or three more shorter sections behind. Will show a picture of one. By the way Winchester was the capitol of medieval England.
Departed Windsor on schedule in the am with stops in Winchester to view the cathedral (Im sure everyone recalls the snappy tune Winchester Cathedral where the of the Cathedral letting him down). A right amazing place is the Cathedral. Ditto the one in Salisbury, which is a full miles away. Two massive and beautiful medieval cathedrals this close. Amazing! However, some airhead deleted the outside picture of Winchester. Sorry bout that. By the way William began Winchester in 1079 occurring fourteen years later, I think. At any rate we arrived in Bath about 4pm on 4 June after circling around the area several times where our apartment is located. Followed a similar lost tourist procedure in procuring a few articles from the grocery store as we remain here a week. Finally settled in at 18:30 (6:30pm for you North Americans).
Next day visited only the Royal Crescent and Circus. Both are the original townhomes, but for very, very wealthy English folks living during the 18th century. Bath was a vacation area then as now, but a few years back with a decided bent towards folks visiting carrying along a considerable number of disposable pounds.
Not surprisingly 6 June dawned with drizzle, rain and cool weather. We have had our share and yours of this type of weather, but of course, this is England. Eventually we wandered over to the Roman Baths (the name of the city does not derive from these Baths, it long preceded this time. Celts living here in 750 BC assigned to the area the name Sulis who was a water deity, there were and are hot springs about, and the name Bath evolved from this). Also ambled over to the Bath Abbey. We were here in 2015 and recall being quite taken by the Baths, not so much this time. We did not venture into the Abbey earlier, but rectified that error today. The Abbey is impressive both inside and show you. Religious buildings in Europe from the Middle Ages and Renaissance can be amazing. Not many built in modern times as Europeans tend not to be religious.
A side tidbit, after exiting the baths, we sheltered under some long narrow structure to avoid guess what? Correct, the rain. Anyway Bird and I were chatting when a
Front door of the Cathedral. The towns of Winchester and Salisbury have well preserved medieval cores. Quite cute. (No to Bird).
lady similarly sheltering inquired if we we were Americans. Yep, but dont hold it against us. Being from Chicago she didnt. Shes been here five years working as an urban designer. Wonderful fun chatting with folks here. Gosh, do I love Europe, but Bird just will not relocate.
Okay, back to the reason for the blog and my rambling account. The baths were constructed about twenty years after Claudius invaded England in 43 AD. There was repair work and expansion over the years before Rome abandoned the island to the its fate at the hands of the Saxons in the early fifth century.
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