Newton Mill Camping Park
Travel Blogs from Bath
Bath and then a castle
We visited Bath yesterday. It was exactly as I had imagined it had that stone that I imagined I would find and most of the buildings were made of it. The campsite we stayed in was really nice and it had heated bathrooms that were like individual ensuites. Apparently not all campsites are like this so we are not to expect it in all of them according …
Goodbye London - Hello Blue Van
We packed up our London apartment early and headed off to Wales to pick up our blue van - home away from home for the next 10 weeks.
No trip to London would be complete without experiencing a tube delay. We boarded to the District Line at Victoria - heading to Paddington - to the all too familiar announcement "services on the District Line …
Bath Time!!
We continued South stopping in at Chipping Campden a small country village in the middle of the North Cotswolds. Yellowstone building's with thatched roofs lined the streets. After we headed to Oxford and wandered the city / university. Getting caught up in the students end of year celebrations....basically egging each other then getting hammered! …
Passing into Wales
Spent the morning in Bath. It's an old little town; its epicentre? A bath! Who would have figured! It's a massive old Roman Bath to be exact. Although still functional nobody uses it now of course since it's an artifact. It runs off a natural hot spring. The water and much of the original structure hasn't been altered despite it being almost 2000 …
Wells
This morning Graham and Christine (old family friends of the Eads) joined us for breakfast. It was a full house with Nicky, Ben and Abigail also staying. Poor Ben was all upset when he had to go off to school. Must have felt like he was missing out on all the fun. We headed over to Wells markets and wandered over to feed the ducks and swans in the moat. I never get tired of visiting Wells Cathedral. It's so pretty. It was freezing again today and I thought for sure ...