Day 3-Bath, England

Today we started out on a lonely train station, Blackwater. This station only has a kiosk, no attendant. This means we do not have too many platforms to choose from. We boarded the train to Reading, changed trains there and on to Bath Spa.

Bath is where the Roman hot springs are located. Clusters of bath houses (called crescents) were built for people to stay in when they came to the city in the summer to soak in the hot spas. The rich folks hired people to carry them down to the spas.

We took a city/skyline bus tour. The tour was very informative, and the view from the skyline was beautiful. All of the buildings are constructed from stone from the quarry on top of the mountain. Where the newer part of town was built it is falling into the old shafts of the quarry. They are pumping cement into these shafts to hold up the town. One problem, a rare bat has been found, progress has stoppe and the town is still sinking. We remember a similar situation at home with the sand hill cranes and the turtles.

When we got back down to the main part of the old town we went to the glass blowing factory where we watched a young man (23) make a vase and a pig. He had only been blowing glass for three years. He certainly has perfected the art in a short time.

After a hike down the hill, and a trip to the shoe store for Beth to get a pair of shoes for her still broken toe, we started on our trek home. We got on the train in Bath, got off in Reading and got on the wrong train . After realizing our mistake, we jump off the wrong train and had to wait for another one to come. Finally, we got back to Camberly by way of the lonely train station at Blackwater.
It is almost midnight, we are tired and are ready to take London by storm tomorrow. Pictures will come later.