Bath, Day 1

So, Saturday I spent cooking and packing and stuff. I made a Stir Fry and a salad to take in Tupperware and put in a cooler bag to take with me. So I was well prepped and good to go!

Sunday I had a reasonably early morning, and got up and managed to get all my stuff downstairs (and watch the last bit of X Factor, before heading off to the stunningly gorgeous (read: gross and scungy) Victoria Coach Station.

Hopped on my bus....and off we went!!

I don't really remember a lot, I think I slept a whole lot, and then when I woke up I saw a sign saying "Welcome to Bath". Huzzah, I made it!

I got off the bus, and cabbed it to the hostel at first, so I could (as mum would say) get my bearings. Bath is pretty small, so I managed to do that in one five minute cab ride to the hostel. The hostel was above the bar...it wasn't amazing....but more on that later haha.

So I meandered round the town a bit, but it started to BUCKET down big time, so in the middle of the torrential downpour, I walked up the hill (HILLS!! It made me feel like I was home. There is a serious lack of hills around here) to the Fashion Museum.

It was a really cool museum. They gave you a free audio guide, which, for the first exhibition, literally had like a 15 second commentary for each garment - which was perfect, there was more info on the walls if you needed it. The first exhibition was about how the museum had been open for 50 years and it showed the best 50 garments that they had collected over that time.

I also did a 20 minute tour there, and it was really good! It was great to have someone bring the garment to life and had some really interesting stories, especially about how some of them were worn.

Pictures speak louder than words, I took lots, but here is a small selection -

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This was one of my fav dresses in the exhibition. Versace.

This is the oldest complete garment in the whole of Great Britain.

Burberry is good for the soul.

This dress makes me question life.

This is an old school dress up.
Someone went as a champagne bottle.

 The Fashion Museum is also home to the Bath Assembly Rooms, which is where the poncy folk of Bath (including Jane Austin apparently) went to smoke, and play cards and be poncy and socialise.


So after my fashion-ista-ness for the arvo, the sun was out. Huzzah! So I headed back down to the city centre and went to the Abbey while it was open for an hour that afternoon (considering it was a Sunday). Gorrrrgeous! I like old church's/abbey's/cathedral's and this one was super preeeeetty.

I quite like this pic, It was my attempt at being Arty

The Candle I lit

Awww, Poignant shot

And then, cos it was sunny, I went walking. Bath is so old and pretty and photograph-able. So I took lots of pics. And heres a couple. (Also remember, that I am a Potts. And taking photos of pretty things run in the genes. Thats why Dad takes so many photos of me :D)

Bath Rugby Ground. WOOO RUGBY!

As well as a Potts, I am Nicola's daughter, and so I go prepared anywhere, with too much of anything, and most of it is food. So I took a photo of all the food I took with me. I made a Stir Fry the night before to eat on the bus for lunch, and a chicken salad for dinner, and I also roasted 4 potatoes so that I could just stick them in the frying pan and they were good to go! Yay me!

So I shall leave you with a picture of food.

Good night!