We walked ALL of Bath

A belated post for yesterday. We started the day with a mediocre
breakfast at our B&B, and then headed a few blocks into town. We had
about an hour and a half before our tour started, so we wandered
around. The Bath Abby is stunning, an example of "perpendicular gothic
architecture", pictured). Then we joined a fantastic free walking
tour. The host was knowledgable and funny, and the two hour tour sped
by, we learned tons of little tidbits about the city. After the tour,
we walked around some more and found some lunch. Then we cruised the
charming streets, browsing the shops.

Mid-afternoon came around, and we took a mellow cruise up the river;
of course, being married to "adventure Bill," we opted to walk back to
town on the charming 3-mile towpath along the canal. Which really was
pretty cool once we found it (we took a detour through some cow
fields, confused by all the British walking trails). The canal was
full of live-aboard and rental canal boats - the equivalant of a
caravan of RVs, I guess.

We reached town tired, parched, and starving, and landed at a Moroccan
restaurant for dinner and wine. Afterwards, Bill really wanted to do
Bizarre Bath, a comedy walking tour (of course!!). I complained and
whined about my tired feet, but Bill was persistent, and another glass
of wine persuaded me. The tour was funny and enjoyable. We finally got
back to our B&B 13 hours later, having walked almost that entire time.
Exhausted, but I feel like we made the most of our short time in Bath,
a lovely (and walkable) city!