had planned to do some walking out in the countryside, but it
was raining hard that day, and it kept us from venturing out.
Our guide picked us up at our hotel and took us down to Bath
by way of the Gloucester Cathedral, where we stopped for
a quick visit. The site itself has been a place of worship for
over 1300 years, the abbey church building was started in
1089. Thru the centuries there have been repairs and con-
servation rather than rebuilding or remodeling. It is a
very beautiful Cathedral, and we stopped there on the
advice of our friend Brian. Thanks Brian!
Once we were in Bath, we checked in to our hotel in the
Royal Crescent and were once again treated like royalty,
something the Brits do very well when they feel like it!
The Royal Crescent houses part of the hotel and about 30
townhomes. It was built by architect John Wood in the
Georgian era and is one of the greatest examples of Georgian
architecture in the UK and helped turn the city into an elegant,
desirable town. That's John Wood the Younger, just so you
don't get him confused w/his dad the elder:) Dad and son were
unfortunately both into the occult and masonic symbolism
and evidently if you view the Royal Crescent, the Circus below
it and two nearby streets, they form the sun, moon and other
masonic shapes. It is a beautiful hotel w/gorgeous gardens
and a spa that, again we didn't have time to take advantage of!
It is just a little too stuffy and had an unsettling feel to it. And they
don't quite know what to do with American tourists that show up
for breakfast wearing jeans and North Face jackets instead of heels
and satin slacks. But, oh well, it was raining hard all day and we
were planning on being outside in the elements! We were rained
on most of the morning with the wind blowing our umbrellas
inside out every few minutes. Even by Seattle standards it was
a miserable day to start with! The sun did come out eventually
and then the city was beautiful!
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