After a very long travel day, which is not the way I would do it if I were travelling this way again, and a good night sleep we had a fantastic day of history and wonderment.
Bath, England
First the Roman Baths – and the reason the town is named Bath.
More photos from the town of Bath:
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Head off in the morning and after a couple of hours driving you will see Stonehenge a couple of hundred feet away from the car as you travel down the A303 – this is almost as close as you would get if you stopped, parked and paid. By lunchtime you will be in Castle Combe – a very pretty English village that has appeared in more films and TV shows than I can count. Have lunch here in one of the two excellent pubs then press on to be in the beautiful city of Bath by afternoon tea. This is Jane Austen country and is the most perfect Georgian city in Europe. You can vist the Pump Rooms, Roman Baths, Royal Crescent and Bath Abbey then eat well in one of the many top-notch restaurants and stay overnight. The following day you can take in Cheddar Gorge and Wells Cathedral then either do the Wye valley, Symons Yatt and Tintern Abbey or tour the Cotswold villages before getting on the M4 and driving the three hours back to London. If you really want to you can take a small diversion down the A344 to see Stonehenge again but from the opposite side on the way back.
Rhonda
Sounds a lot like our day in reverse. Sorry we missed Castle Combe. Thanks for the comment and suggestions for my readers.
Leslie
Hi Rhonda! I’m Leslie (Monica’s daughter) 🙂
I just wanted to say that I really enjoy looking at your beautiful photos and reading your fun stories! They are a way to travel just by sitting on my computer 🙂
Visiting Stonehenge must be amazing, it’s one of my life’s dreams! Along with England.. and the whole world to be honest haha!
Love from Chile! 🙂
Leslie
Rhonda
Hi Leslie, So glad to see you here. Thanks for leaving a comment, and the timing was perfect, just when I was thinking I was tired of blogging, your comment revitalized me. We are headed down to a Spanish speaking country tomorrow. The girls have been studying, so we will see how our communication goes.
Leslie
Que les valla muy bien! 😀
Rhonda
Looks like we are already in trouble as we cannot translate “les valla.”
Rhonda
Ok, got it now, gracias!
Rhonda
Gracias!
Tony Payne
Pleased you enjoyed Bath and Stonehenge, and next stop Southampton, where it rained even more 🙁
Rhonda
Rain yes, but it was overshadowed by great company.
Lynne
Yeah the traffic on any Bank holiday in the UK can be abysmal. Can’t imagine what you endured. We stayed an extra night one long weekend in Abergavenny, Wales (remember the song?) because we’d heard that there was a “tailback” on the main motorway back to London that extended all the way to the Welsh border!
Rhonda
You were smarter than we were. What long day of nothing.