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South of England Blog August 15th, 2015
August 20, 2015 at 8:24 PM
Saturday August 15th: Wells and the Roman Baths of Bath
We are winding down with only two days left in our tour and have started to head more northward ending up today in Swindon.
Today we visited the smallest city in England Wells, the streets were filled with Saturday markets, buskers and plenty of food to sample. We visited Wells Cathedral then continued on to Bath. While in Bath we visited the ancient site of the Roman Baths which are situated under a hot spring that is still flowing to this day. We had plenty of time to explore the ruins and exhibit.
Tomorrow we will be spending the day visiting the Cotswolds. Enjoy todays photos.
The colourful markets of Wells this morning
Not many castles have moats full of water, so this was great to see
A Dalek working the street for those Dr. Who fans
Wells Cathedral, image by Tammy Beveridge
The cathedral was beautiful inside
The choir and massive pipe organ
This small chapel was located in the back of the main alter, beautiful stained glass windows
The early afternoon sun
Gail, Ruth and Tammy standing under this massive arch, gives you an idea of the size
The cloister grave yard
One of the many statues surrounding the ancient roman baths in Bath
This roman citizen was greeting everyone as they toured the baths
Looking down into the roman baths, all this water is hot spring fed. The water is were street level would have been centuries ago
A model of the complex that was buried in a mud slide centuries ago
As the site was excavated they found many remains
This tin mask would have been work during precessions in roman times
Still located under the current structors you can see the ancient walls that surrounded the baths
Another view of the foundations found underground, again during roman times would have been street level
The springs still flow today and were rediscovered when water appeared in a building basement
You can see the aqua ducts that carried the water to the various pools in the baths
One of the many pools that would have been used by roman citizens
Some of the surrounding buildings at the baths
Another view that gives you an idea of how much of the structure is now underground
One of the largest indoor pools, so amazing to see
That's it for todays photos and blog. Tomorrow and our last day in England we will be visiting several of the small and very photographic villages that make up the Cotswolds. Good night from Swindon, England.