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Our Buddies on the way to London

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Fred and Peggy

Our Buddies in Bath

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Peggy and Fred

Marks and Spencer at a rest stop outside Bath, England

Trot812 — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:22:25 MDT

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Britain's largest department store chain; a great place to get reasonably priced food for take-out.

Dessert at the Woods Restaurant, Bath, England

Trot812 — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:22:24 MDT

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Dinner in Bath, England

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Dave waiting for us to arrive at Woods Restaurant for our tour group dinner.

Great Pulteney Street, Bath, England

Trot812 — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:22:22 MDT

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English Keyboard, Bath, England

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English Keyboard, Bath, England

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Fashion Museum, Bath, England

Trot812 — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:22:19 MDT

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Fashion of the skateboard generation

The Circus, Bath, England

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The Circus, Bath, England

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"The startling novelty of its form attracted commentary from the time it was first built. Three terraces of houses curve around a central circular space. Designed by John Wood the Elder, it was begun by him in 1754 and completed in 1768 under the direction of his son John Wood the Younger." From buildinghistory.org

Bath, England

Trot812 — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:21:59 MDT

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Bath, England

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View of Bath from our room at the Carfax Hotel

our room at the Carfax Hotel, Bath, England

Trot812 — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:21:57 MDT

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Carfax Hotel, Bath, England

Trot812 — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:21:56 MDT

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"Conceived as a magnificent piece of town planning by the Georgian architect Thomas Baldwin, Great Pulteney Street dates from the period 1788-89, and has the classical dimensions of 100 feet long and 100 feet wide. The Carfax Hotel is formed from three of the now grade I listed townhouses and retains its original Mews Carriage House at the rear." From hotel literature

Royal Crescent, Bath, England

Trot812 — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:21:55 MDT

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"The houses of the Royal Crescent were designed to the individual requirements of wealthy and distinguished visitors to Bath and master craftsmen were responsible for the interior decoration, using designs drawn from the many pattern books published at the time." From bath-preservation-trust.org.uk

Royal Crescent, Bath, England

Trot812 — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:21:54 MDT

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"The Royal Crescent was built between 1767 and 1775 to the design of John Wood the Younger, and forms a semi-ellipse of thirty Grade I listed houses arranged around a great Lawn." From royalcrescentbath.com

King Bladud's Pigs, Bath, England

Trot812 — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:21:53 MDT

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The year is 863BC. Bladud, King of the Britons and father of the unfortunate King Lear who was immortalised by Shakespeare, had spent much of his youth studying in Athens where he contracted leprosy. Farthing-sized coin depicting King Bladud Returning home and realising that an imperfect prince could not inherit the throne, he left the royal palace in disguise to take a job as a swineherd in an "untravell'd part of the country". As Bladud drove his pigs in search of acorns he crossed the River Avon at shallows north of Saltford - at a place which subsequently took its name from the legend - Swineford. The rest of the story is famous. Bladud's pigs also contracted his disease but were cured when they rolled in the hot mud around Bath's springs. Observing the miracle, Bladud also bathed in the hot murky water and he too was cured. Returning home in triumph he went on to become King. In gratitude for his cure, Bladud founded a city at Bath and dedicated its curative powers to the Celtic goddess Sul and 900 years later the Romans called the city Aquae Sulis - the Waters of Sul. Statue of King Bladud

Bath, England

Trot812 — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:21:52 MDT

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High Street

Bath, England

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center of town

Sacred Pool and a Bladud Pig, Bath, England

Trot812 — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:21:50 MDT

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Roman Baths, Bath, England

Trot812 — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:21:49 MDT

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Roman Baths, Bath, England

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"The Celts, who arrived in England around 700 BC, erected what are believed to be the first shrine structures at the springs. Dedicated to Sulis, a goddess of water, the shrine was a religious center for much of southwestern England. Soon after the arrival of the Romans in England in 43 AD, the Celtic shrine was taken over and the goddess Sulis was identified with the Roman goddess Minerva as a healing deity. Beginning sometime around 65 AD, and continuing for nearly four centuries, the Romans constructed increasingly elaborate bathing and temple complexes at the springs." From sacredsites.com

Roman Baths, Bath, England

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Roman Baths, Bath, England

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Roman Baths, Bath, England

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Model of the original Roman complex

Roman Baths, Bath, England

Trot812 — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:21:44 MDT

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"The Romans were the first to realise the value of the hot mineral water. They built their religious spa of Aquae Sulis around the three springs." From cityofbath.co.uk

Roman Baths, Bath, England

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Atrium overlooking the pool

Entrance to Roman Bath, Bath, England

Trot812 — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:21:42 MDT

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For two thousand years Bath has been a spa town, built around Britain’s only hot mineral springs.