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Short break in Somerset

When we were gifted a couple of days pod glamping in Somerset earlier this year, little did we know what the year 2020 would hold.    After postponing our stay in April we rebooked for the end of September and added a few days to explore Bath too.

Unfortunately some of the places we’d planned to visit didn’t have Covid-19 precautions in place yet, so we made the most of the time we spent there by mainly exploring outdoors.  Lucky for us the weather was warm and dry.

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Pulteney BridgePulteney Bridge

Designed in 1769 by Robert Adam, Pulteney Bridge is one of the most photographed examples of Georgian architecture in the city and one of only four bridges in the world to have shops across its full span on both sides.

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Img_3867 resizeThe Circus – Architects John Wood Snr and Jnr

The Circus consists of three curved segments of Grade I listed townhouses, forming a circle with three entrances.  Look a little closer at the detail on the stonework and you’ll see many emblems, such as serpents, acorns, and nautical symbols. Apparently, Wood was known to admire the druids, the creators of prehistoric stone circles. Convinced that Bath had been the principal centre of Druid activity in Britain, Wood studied Stonehenge, and designed the Circus with the same diameter.

The following day we booked a visit to the Roman Baths.

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P1011737 resize Flavia and Apulia, Roman lady and slave girl

P1011724The roman characters were fantastic, especially the lady by the main baths talking about her makeup!

Royal CrescentThe Royal Crescent

The Royal Crescent, a popular location for films and period dramas.  It would have been lovely to photograph the sweeping crescent without all the parked cars, but alas it wasn’t to be.

Now halfway through the week, the weather turned as we headed off to our glamping pod and rained for most of the journey.   As we entered the site and drove around to the reception we saw a funny scene, sitting on the verandah of the first log cabin, sheltering from the rain were three sheep!   I can’t believe I missed the photo opportunity and hoped they’d visit us on our porch, but it wasn’t to be!

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We’ve visited the Jurassic Coast in Dorset many times but I have never been lucky enough to find an ammonite.  When we read about Kilve beach and it’s wide range of fossils, it had to be our next day out.

We drove into Kilve and followed a narrow winding road to the beach, parked and had our first cream tea in the beautiful gardens of The Chantry Tea Rooms.  A little while later we walked down to the beach and, mindful of the tide started hunting for fossils.

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The cliffs were incredible.Ammonites

Within no time at all I found my first ammonite!