365 Project – Day 298

Husband Créche. Mrs Sixwheeler took me shopping today and we came across this, which I thought was a brilliant idea and was keen to try it out. I was over-ruled and as a result ended up in Marks &Spencer abandoned in an armchair and surrounded by ladies’ underpinnings. I did get some very odd looks.…

365 Project – Day 297

Bath Resident. Regular readers will be aware of my fondness for wandering the streets of the beautiful city of Bath. I particularly enjoy coming across local residents so you can imagine how pleased I was to see this charming young lady who was, I imagine, looking out for a sedan chair. 24 October 2014

365 Project – Day 296

Royal Crescent, Bath. Walked Maude into town this morning to do some shopping and for a change we walked round Royal Crescent. Bath is famous for its beautiful Georgian architecture and in particular for its crescents, of these Royal Crescent is way out ahead the most famous to the extent that it’s hard to find…

365 Project – Day 295

Cotswold Way. The Cotswold Way is an English long distance path that runs for 102 miles (164 Km) along the escarpment of the Cotswold Hills linking Bath and Chipping Campden. Some people walk it from Bath to have the benefit of a following wind whilst others do it the opposite way so that they finish…

365 Project – Day 294

Cheddar Gorge. The name Cheddar is known throughout the world as a type of hard cow’s milk cheese, this style of cheese takes its name from the village of Cheddar in Somerset; the village lies at the bottom of the spectacular Cheddar Gorge. Cheddar Gorge is a limestone gorge in the Mendip Hills created by…

365 Project – Day 292

Riverside. Another beautiful day in Bath today, not at all like a mid-October autumn day. Warm, windy and sunny so a good day to be out and about. This is the River Avon riverside in Bath taken from North Parade; behind the trees on the right is the Recreation Ground or The Rec as we…

365 Project – Day 291

Fallow Deer. We had a mass invasion of granddaughters today which is always fun, to try and tire them out a bit we went to Dyrham Park so that they could run about in some lovely fresh air. We were lucky enough to be able to get fairly close to some of the resident herd…

365 Project – Day 290

Bartlett & Sons, Bath I’m very lucky in that pretty much wherever I have lived I’ve been blessed with a good local butcher and here in Bath that is Bartlett and Sons. To a dedicated carnivore like myself this is important. A good butcher stocks good meat from local sources wherever possible, displays it well,…