No. 1 Royal Crescent is the first building at the eastern end of the Royal Crescent in Bath, Somerset. Somewhere else I wanted to visit in Bath was the restored No 1 Royal Crescent. I love historical sites and this one was beautiful. And this entrance is something I would love to replicate but I do need to get an…
SOMERSET, BATH, THINGS TO SEE AND DO
This is what I saw in Bath. After a ninety minute train journey from Paddington, and finding my hotel I was straight out to see what sights I could see in Bath. I started at the Roman Baths. Then onto to the Abbey which was just as beautiful outside as it was inside. Then onto the Circus, where I found the…
SOMERSET, BATH, FRANCIS HOTEL BATH REVIEW
When I decided to visit Bath, I knew I wanted to stay at the Francis Hotel and I was not disappointed. The Francis Hotel is located on the South Side of Queen Square in Bath. The Francis Hotel occupies seven of the nine town houses built between 1728 and 1736, on the south side of Queen Square. I was in…
I needed a hotel close to Paddington Station, and found Park Grand London Hyde Park a mere five minute walk away. I arrived about 11 am and asked if I could leave my suitcase. And I was surprised that my room was ready and I could check in and leave it in the room. I walked into my room and…
Cutty Sark is a British clipper ship. Built on the River Clyde in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line, she was one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest, coming at the end of a long period of design development, which halted as sailing ships gave way to steam propulsion. WOW - this…
The Royal Observatory is the home of the Greenwich Mean Time and The Prime Meridian. It was commissioned in 1675 by King Charles II. The Observatory was built to improve navigation at sea and find the so much desired longitude of places, one's exact position east and west. While at sea and out of sight of land by astronomical means.…