• Bath to Heathrow to Somerville: it’s summer again.

    Bath to Heathrow to Somerville: it’s summer again.

    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

  • Bath: A really good Bath

    Bath: A really good Bath

    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