For Gretchen’s 45th Birthday I booked a 3 night break in Bath. We have started a notebook that has a “bucket list” of things we both want to do and a “weekend in Bath” is something that Gretchen had put down as one of her wishes. I booked us into the Cranleigh Hotel (actually a posh B&B) mainly because it had terrific reviews on Trip Adviser and they have beautifully furnished Victorian rooms with big four poster beds. I had arranged for a Birthday Cake and bottle of Champagne to be waiting for us in our room on arrival and they did us proud. It was perfect.
We drove down to Bath in my Porsche Boxster but for the rest of the weekend it sat alone in the car park. Bath is not a place for cars really and it only took us a 20 stroll to get into the heart of the city. The weather all weekend was beautiful with warm, Sunny days. We visited all the usual attractions the Roman Baths, Jane Austen Museum, No 1 Royal Crescent and a trip down the river to Bathampton Mill. On our last day we drove to the National Trust Stately Home Dyrham House, which was used in the Film “The Remains of the Day” starring Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins. It is a 17th House that has the most beautiful approach as the house is et in a valley. There used to be a village in the valley with a Church and houses but over the years the House has subsumed all of these buildings. It is unusual as it houses alot of Dutch paintings and collectables as the owner used to be the British Ambassador in Holland.
A lovely weekend treat with lots of happy memories to take away with us.
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