A Walk Through Bath

Queen Street with sign boards like in Harry Potter.

A Georgian Garden

The night soil door has been blocked up. It was a small door in the back wall where the maid would set out the bucket with the contents of the various house commodes for the night soil man to pick up in his cart. He would then take the night soil to be dumped, probably in the river.The Royal Crescent in Bath is a long curved arch of Georgian Homes.William and I both did the walking tour for 1/2 hour until he had to leave to go pick up the rental car. The car hire said it was in Bath, but it was really about 10 miles out of town so he had to take 2 buses to get there. We met up later in the Pump House Restaurant for a nice lunch.After lunch we walked up to the Royal Crescent again and toured Number One Royal Crescent. The last owner of the house deeded it and a sum of money to the Historical Society to maintain it as a museum. Did you know that small dogs were used in wheels to churn butter and to turn the meat on the spit? I had never heard of this but apparently it was a common practice in Georgian England and continued into the early 1940's in some rural areas in Wales. We had arrived at the house at three and took all the way until closing time at five to finish the tour, taking our own sweet time as we prefer. There were docents and information in each room and I had also purchased a small guide book for two pounds. In the shop at the end I got a small jar of tomato onion chutney as we will be picnicking some as we head into the Cotswolds. We then walked into the Royal Victoria Park, through the botanical gardens and round and round paths in the mist.