
Mike and Ellen's Travel Adventures
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23 September 2025 [OOPS! It’s been two weeks since we returned home and I have been so busy that I have not been able to post about our final day. My apologies to our few, but very much valued, readers] We had a few hours to kill before our flight home, so we drove to Dyrham Park, a 17th century estate outside Bath run by The National Trust The National Trust is a very large charitable organization that owns, preserves and maintains over five hundreds homes, a thousand square miles of land and another eight hundred miles of coastline in… Read more

22 September 2025 As Mr Elliot of Persuasion pronounces, “Bath is incomparable.” Our morning would be spent in a literal bath, at The Thermae Bath Spa. https://www.thermaebathspa.com/ We had pre-booked a two hour session at 42 Pounds each ($56.00) that included full access to two hot mineral pools plus an array of steam rooms, saunas and showers. It was worth every single pence. Checking in at 9:30am we were each handed a towel, a robe, an electronic wrist band, a locking pouch for our phones, and no upsell. I was honestly expecting a special offer on a salt and lime… Read more