On Fridays, mostly, I’m bored. And thus, I found a new activity: go to the station and take a train. BUT since you can have really bad surprises doing that when you’re around Exeter, from now on, I take a travelguide. Last time, I decided to go to Newquay. Sara wanted to join me, we checked train timetables and fares, and were quite surprised to see that it was a 3h drive to there… Then we checked the travelguide: Newquay, don’t go there. OK.
I remembered I’d love to go (back) to Bath, and Sara wanting to go there as well, we changed our minds from Newquay to Bath. Bit of an expensive journey, 27£ for a return ticket. At least it’s only 1h30 away from Exeter. Our friend travelguide showed us some nice things to do, and so we did follow his advice, since he turned out to be right most of the time concerning touristic activities. We visited Abbey Church, the Roman Baths, ate our picnic in a lovely parc and then went through the city (all the Mater Dei memories coming back…), popped in at Jane Austen’s centre and ended around the Circus and the Royal Crescent. Since we had some time left before taking the train back home, we enjoyed a hot chocolate and some flapjack, caramel shortread, etc in the Boston Tea Party, which they also have in Exeter.
Without a doubt, and so does the travelguide say, Bath is one of the most beautiful cities in England! (and if you want some good company to visit it, take Sara with you !)
