Our plan for today was to spend the day in Bath, which we did. Our drive was picturesque, which included a one lane bridge at Bathampton. This bridge is also a toll Bridge. The toll of £1 is collected manually by a person standing on the road. The Bridge and Toll House date back to 1872 and is Grade 11 listed. The toll is collected between approximately 7.30am and 9.00pm daily.
The drive to the American Quilt Museum was as narrow and windy a roadway that we have driven on, having to pull over to let another car pass. Even John thought it was "Bloody Awful".
We arrived just before the museum opened and the views from the terrace were stunning.
On entering the museum we soon realised that this was not only a quilt museum, but an American History Museum, which included lots of quilts.
The rooms in the museum were not copies of rooms, they are actual rooms that have been relocated, which is quite amazing
The quilts which was the main reason for the visit were amazing and were varied in style design and colour and were in incredibly good condition. I am really pleased we made the effort to visit the museum.
After leaving the American Quilt Museum, we drove into Bath and after a few laps finally found a parking spot, where none of the parking meters were working!!!Straight across the road was a stop for the Hop on Hop off Bus, which we joined, and soon realised that there were 2 bus circuits. This one was the skyline circuit which was mainly on the outskirts of the town.
At the end of this tour, we changed to the town circuit, which stopped at all the points of interest.
We left the bus at the stop for The Assembly Rooms and Fashion Museum.
The Assembly Rooms were a place to meet and greet people in the Edwardian Times. Back then people lived quite a distance apart and to meet socially this is where they came to.
Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer often referred to these types of meeting places in their books
The Fashion Museum was really well done. The earliest garments in the collection date from the Elizabethan and Jacobean ages, and it's very rare that they survived. Many of these pieces were very decorative with lots of beautiful embroidery
There were Wedding dresses, day dresses, Ball gowns, Children's clothes, hats, shoes, fans from all periods to the modern day.
Back onto the bus, next stop The Roman Baths. We had prebook tickets for 6.30pm, but arrived at 4.30pm already feeling really tired. The people on the ticket line were very nice, and it was no problem getting in early.
The Baths are on a site that was originally a temple built in between 60-70AD. All the buildings at street level date from the 19th Century.
After a very full day in Bath we were both totally exhausted but pleased that we were able to visit for a 2nd time.
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