Moonshadow

We’ve had a couple of nights in beautiful Bath and this post is all about that.

The Circus

We took a trip on the open top bus and sat in the front seats on the top deck.

River Avon

It was a bit hairy at times, I wouldn’t like to drive such a big vehicle through some tiny streets with roadworks and diversions everywhere.

It provided us with a great view and the commentary was interesting about the mostly Georgian architecture which is so iconic.

Past Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein

On our first evening we went to Alexandra Park to view the partial solar eclipse with lots of other people. The steep climb was exhausting but worth getting to the Bath Lookout for this view.

View from the Bath Lookout

We had our solar eclipse glasses from a previous one and watched as the moon passed by the Sun. 

With just 10% of the Sun remaining it felt like dusk, but it didn’t go chilly as it was such a hot day. My photo attempts were poor but I did notice this when I got home.

Partial Solar Eclipse

It’s the inverted reflection of the eclipsed Sun on the camera lens… ok, not that impressive I agree!

We could see other parks and fields around the city were full of people too. Good fun, I like an event that draws people together like that and the weather surely helped.

The actual city didn’t seem too busy while we were wandering around.

It’s so pretty. There are shaded squares and interesting side streets.

This particular street took us to Sally Lunn’s Eating House - apparently Bath’s oldest house dating back to 1483.

Jamie waiting for his bun

Serving delicious, enormous, Bath buns - yum yum.

Lemon curd bun

We were assured this is no longer used as the kitchen!

Sally Lunn’s cellar bakery

We stopped by The Raven for a bit of grub and a Raven ale.

The Kingston Parade, by the Abbey, always provided a welcome bench. And look how empty it is - though it was extremely hot.

Kingston Parade, Bath Abbey

I don’t remember seeing the amazing Jacob’s Ladder carving before. Originally carved in 1520, some of the ascending, and descending, angels have been renovated in 1900 and more recently against weather damage.

Jacob’s Ladder

It’s surprising that as much of the old buildings are still standing when you see this wall which has been preserved in memory of those lost in the Baedeker Raids; 2 nights in 1942 when Bath was specifically hit to destroy cultural and historical targets.

Baedeker Raid Damage

Oh sorry, that’s a bit morbid for the end of this post. 

Here’s a photo of a squirrel during the eclipse instead.

The song title is provided by Yusuf (Cat Stevens). Back to the allotment for the next post, maybe including some rain by then too…maybe…