Bath Time

And boy do we need it, the dust being kicked up from the Tour de France that is the towpath here in Bath has coated everything in a not so thin layer of fine chalk dust.

We moved on from Bradford just a few miles and spent a couple of nights at Dundas Aqueduct and I have to say it was probably our favourite mooring of the canal so far. As usual most of the designated 48 hour moorings around the basin were occupied by long term liveaboards - Sarah made the mistake of asking one if he could move up a few feet so we could squeeze in to be told no he couldn’t cos he was off to work. It actually did us a favour as we moored just outside the basin and it was much more peaceful and we didn’t have the concern of all the hire boats trying to do a 90 degree turn onto the aqueduct in front of us.

Our second day there was my birthday (Oh thank you) 70th at that and as 2 of the boats that we had been seeing a lot of were also moored up we ended having a great social evening with Jane and Robert from NB Pema and Lynn and Ian from NB Verano, a very enjoyable day.

From there we came on to Bath and are moored very near Sidney Gardens one of of the many delightful open spaces that abound in Bath. We’ve done the tourist bit with a visit to the Royal Crescent including a tour of Number 1 as well as a stroll around the Abbey etc. 

Tomorrow sees us heading towards Bristol so down the locks here with Bath deep lock, all 19 feet of it, to look forward to and then onto the River Avon.

View from Dundas Aquaduct

Plenty of Wild Garlic for seasoning!

The entrance to the Somersetshire Coal Canal now only open for a few hundred yards for mooring

Needs no caption I think

Cleveland House over the K & A - the original had office of the K & A Canal Co

ditto

Trap door in the roof of the tunnel under Cleveland House so that documents could be handed up from the barges to the clerks inside

Just wondered how old the sign was