Day 3 - Visited city of Bath in Somerset & Chepstow Castle in South Wales

1st September 2006

Friday morning after eating breakfast at the B&B, we left Shaftesbury headed to the beautiful Roman built city of Bath and took 2 bus tours around the entire area and saw many beautiful buildings (saw where Jane Austen lived when she and her family moved to Bath) and then had lunch at a little cafe (the oldest house in Bath), but in a hurry, cause we had forgot we had parked in a short-stay car park, and it was going to be Ł25 if we were longer than 4 hours, but we made it with about 20 minutes to spare! Whewwwwww!!!!

We had planned to drive on home on Friday but ended up staying an extra night cause we were beat, after all that walking the day before at the steam fair, so we stayed Friday night in South Wales, in the village of Chepstow, where Chepstow Castle is, that we had planned to see on the way home. It was awesome, as all the big castle ruins are!!! The history of the castles is so interesting and it is just so overwhelming at times, to be standing in one of those huge OLD castle ruins, where so much history took place. I just love the ancient ruins of the castles and abbeys!!! I want t see them all but that would take forever, so many to see!!!

After spending a good while at the castle, we walked around the village of Chepstow and took a few photos, found a B&B and relaxed a while before going to a pub-restaurant called The Boat Inn. There we had a delicious steak supper and dessert. Got so full but it surely was yummy!!!

I haved put a description under each photo for you. Enjoy!

KEN EATING BREAKFAST AT OUR B&B IN SHAFTESBURY	JANIE GETTING SOME MUISLI AT OUR B&B IN SHAFTESBURY	OUR B&B IN SHAFTESBURY, READY TO LEAVE ON FRIDAY MORNING	THE ABBEY AT BATH AND ONE OF THE BUSES WE TOOK A TOUR ON
HUGE OLD ABBEY AT BATH	A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN AT BATH	THE RIVER AVON AT BATH	STREET THAT JANE AUSTEN LIVED ON WITH HER PARENTS, AFTER THEY MOVED FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE, WHICH SHE MISSED TERRIBLY!
ROW OF SHOPS ON THE BRIDGE GOING OVER THE RIVER AVON, IN BATH	RAILWAY STATION AT BATH	GORGEOUS ROW OF TERRACED HOUSES IN BATH	IN BATH
JANE AUSTEN CENTRE	BATH	BATH	BATH
THE RIVER AVON AT BATH	A PARK AT BATH	SOME BOBBY'S AT BATH	A GORGEOUS BUILDING IN BATH
STATUE OF QUEEN VICTORIA IN BATH	THE SMALLEST HOUSE IN BATH, WHERE WE ATE LUNCH	JANIE IN THE CAFE AT BATH	KEN EATING IN CAFE AT BATH
CHEPSTOW CASTLE SIGN	CHEPSTOW CASTLE		CHEPSTOW CASTLE, SOUTH WALES
CASTLE RUINS		CASTLE KITCHEN RUINS	CASTLE KITCHEN
CASTLE KITCHEN	A TYPICAL MEAL PREPARED BACK THEN FOR THE ROYALITY	LOOKING DOWN THRU THE LOO (THAT IS THE RIVER BELOW)	JANIE ON THE CASTLE LOO (HAHA)
LOOKING DOWN THE LOO	RIVER BESIDE CHEPSTOW CASTLE	KEN & JANIE AT CHEPSTOW CASTLE	IN THE CASTLE RUINS

AN ORIGINAL DOOR TO THE CASTLE...DATES BACK TO 1190'S		JANIE GOING BACK DOWN SOME STEEP NARROW ORIGINAL STEPS IN THE CASTLE RUINS	OOOOOO THESE ARE STEEP AND NARROW!!!!
KEN IN THE CASTLE COURT YARD	KEN IN THE CASTLE	CASTLE RUINS	CASTLE RUINS
JANIE AT CHEPSTOW CASLTE	CASTLE RUINS	CASTLE RUINS - LOVED THIS ROOM!!!!	LOVED THIS ROOM IN THE CASTLE RUINS
CHEPSTOW CASTLE RUINS	CHEPSTOW CASTLE RUINS	VIEW FROM CASTLE	CASTLE RUINS
CASTLE RUINS	KEN AT CHEPSTOW CASTLE	RIVER RUNNING BY THE CASTLE	OLD OLD STEPS IN THE CASTLE
CASTLE RUINS	KEN GOING DOWN SOEM STEEP OLD ORIGINAL STEPS IN THE CASTLE	SOME DOORS AT CHEPSTOW CASTLE	VIEW FROM THE CASTLE
JANIE IN CASTLE RUINS	CHEPSTOW CASTLE, SOUTH WALES
IN THE CASTLE RUINS	CASTLE RUINS	A PHOTO OF A PHOTO OF THE CASTLE RUINS FROM ABOVE	VILLAGE OF CHEPSTOW
VILLAGE OF CHEPSTOW, SOUTH WALES	THE BOAT INN, WHERE WE ATE SUPPER