Yesterday we were in Bath. It's famous for, you guessed it, baths. Bath has natural hot springs. The Romans first developed the town early AD. We didn't go in the actual baths, but visited the building. I didn't think it was worth 10 £, or $20 to see water that smelled or rotten eggs. The highlight of the evening was Bizzare Bath, which was a comedy/magic wal throught the town. Ruth was one of the vicitims. One on the acts asked for a volunteer to give up her wedding ring. Mom. Volunteeered. The guide tied her ring to a helium balloon. Then he tripped & the ballon went up in the sky. He then made a few jokes, such as where are you going next? Windsor. Good, the wind is blowing in that direction. After killing time by talking about the Bath Abbey, which is a church, a stuffed rabbit on a model car came wizzing into the square. The rabbit had a ball of Welsh yarn. Inside the ball of yarn was a pouch, & you guessed it, mom's ring. He gave mom a dog ballon for her trouble.
Before Bath, we were in the Cotswolds, which is an area of England that once was the center of the wool industry. The towns are very quaint with mansion looking houses. We didn't get in until around 8:00 since we drove from Conwy, Wales with a stop in Stratford on Avon to see where Shakespere was born & Anne Hathaways cottage. We ended up staying on a persons farm with our own private room above their garage. The room was richly decorated with a private sitting room. The house was only 11 years old, but it was a replica of the other houses. These people obviously had money. They had a BMW & a Jauguar. The gardens we lovely. (I didn't bring the cords to download pictures. Maybe we'll come back tomorrow. We are now in the Windsor library. In a few minutes we'll tour Windsor Castle, where the Queen lives on weekends. Price Harry & William attended college in Eaton, which is also in Windsor.)
The highlight of the trip for mom was the Trefirw Woolen Mills in Wales. It was on the drive from Conwy to Bath. They actually made their own yarn & fabric from a hydro powered looms. She finally found her yarn & and a gift for someone that I can't tell you about.
I guess my highlight was play the Old Course at St. Andrews. Mom has a suitcase full of stuff. I bought a couple of ball marks.
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We went on the night time magic/comedy walk when we were in Bath too -- with the same tricks! That's what we did for my birthday. And that's where we had our WHOLE fish and chips, which were served with peas!
The inside of the baths are pretty neat and they tell you a lot about the history.
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