Bath | Caramel

Lots of photos after the weekend I spent with Goldfinch in the city of Bath. These are some of my photos of the Roman Baths…how could we not visit the Roman Baths…?

It is a fascinating location…I was impressed by how much information was available…it took us over two hours to get round all of the exhibits listening to the information on the handsets they gave to us on our entrance. There was a lot of information about the worship carried out at the temple next to the baths.

My photos don’t do it justice it all! These are from Bath tourism websites:

The have excavated so much, and there are even more renovations in process which will double the size of the site (I believe those areas will be open to the public in 2020.) Today there is a lot to see and learn, but back then it must have been quite an experience for the nose with the aroma of sheep or cattle on the altar and all of the essential oils being used for massages before bathers dipped into the waters. Quite redolent!

We were told that the waters that we looked out on, fed by a natural spring, may have fallen upon the Mendip Hills 10,000 years ago…that is how long it has taken to percolate through the limestone.

Although there is no chance of donning a toga or having a dip in the actual Roman baths, you are able to sample the water to drink, which has minerals and substances such as sodium, calcium, chloride and sulphate ions in high concentrations. There was a chart comparing the substances within the spring water to those in San Pellegrino and Perrier and other brands. It was rather lukewarm though! I have to say the temperature of the water made me recoil, but other than that the taste was not unpleasant.

The waters from Bath’s thermal springs were not as salty spicy hot as my tears this past weekend.

But enough of that nonsense…life is to be enjoyed…emphasis on JOY!!!

Hard times…incredibly hard times at times…you have to seize ever scrap of wonderful you can and cling tight hold of it…life should be beautiful. Horde beautiful moments, treasure them. Who knows when you will desperately need them to help you through the hard times?