Day 3 - Avebury & Bath

Day 3 Monday April 22nd

Grace had to fly back home for work since she had already taken time off for her trip to Barcelona. Sandy and I will continue the adventure on our own.

After dropping Grace off at the airport, we headed towards Bath. The country side was covered in yellow fields of flowering oilseed rape. The oil from this plant is used to make mayonnaise and margarine. It was very stunning.

Rapeseed fields in full bloom.

On the way to Bath, we stopped at Avebury to see the Avebury henge and stone circles. This henge is bigger  and more impressive than the famous Stonehenge. We were even able to walk into the circle and touch the stones (you cannot do this at Stonehenge). The circles for this are huge and you would need a drone to see them. It is the largest megalithic stone circle in the world.

We stopped at the Red Lion Pub located right next to the inner circle for lunch. There is lore of a ghost of two lovers that haunts the building.

The Red Lion Pub

Then we were off to Bath. The Airbnb we rented was located right in the center of town where no cars were allowed. It took awhile to find a place to park the car, then walk to the apartment. Our apartment overlooked the Abbey Courtyard where you can see the Abbey cathedral and the Grand Pump Room of the Roman Baths. 

The view from our apartment.

We explored the immediate area and found some areas where Bridgestone was filmed. The Bridgestone Modiste dress shop was only a block away from us. Nearby, we found a great little basement bar called the Hideout. They had a great menu with fun drinks named after hip hop artists like Cisco Kid and Mondrian to Bach Ke. The drinks were great and so was the bartender.

It is a fun area to walk around. Many small side streets with archways and twists and turns. We ended the night at The Bath Distillery Gin Bar. This is my happy place as I do love Gin!

Back to the apartment to rest and prepare for the next day.