Monday 14 December 2009

Birthday, Bath n Beckford Tower


It started on the rooftop Thermae pool in Bath.
Quite an experience n we reckon the views must be panoramic if the mist ever lifts.
Then on to Beckford Tower, a Landmark Trust - our third and most luxurious yet, a real des. res!

If ever you needed a landmark to your bed on the way home from the pub on a dark evening the tower has to be it.



The Scarlet Drawing Room was incredibly atmospheric, warm and comfortable. All creature comforts were catered for - and the key to your own tower thrown in for good measure, though there were 154 steps to the top:





then the Belvedere with panoramic views over Bath (when the mist lifted :)




The Start of It

Woolley, aparently, does not directly relate to a shepherd but rather describes a wooded area on the ley of a river - and here it is. One of a number of Woolley's but we suspect this might be the original from the Doomsday Book. It is a bit odd walking through a village that has your name scribed everywhere - on houses n churches: