Kilometres Walked : Sunday – 10, Monday – 8.5.

Monday 28th August, 2023.

Yes this is a little late, only eight days🤪. Plane travel and jet lag have slowed me down but here it is, just pretend it is last Monday!

After doing what we came to do at Bath Saturday night we just opted for a stroll around the city yesterday and not much else. Whilst it’s rather pretty down along the canal the rest of Bath is a little boring and extremely busy😳 . The other famous buildings of Bath other than The Roman Baths are the historic ring of Georgian Townhouses designed by the architect John Wood the elder named The Circus. Then The Royal Crescent which is one of Baths most iconic landmarks, designed by John Wood the younger. This impressive sight is a semi circle of terrace houses arranged around a perfect lawn overlooking The Royal Victoria Park which is 500 ft long. Both of these sights were extremely well done and quite lovely to see. I think now though after being to so many busy cities we were just getting over the crowds and the rude and pushy people. (Bank holiday weekend probably didn’t help with the crowds)

Today was our last big pack up of all of our belongings and yes we did purchase another small bag yesterday to make our lives easier at the airport. Packed up and ready to go, our original plan was to head to Kew Gardens on the way to the airport but after a coffee and breakfast pit stop in Corsham and then some traffic further along the way we decided we wouldn’t have enough time so we called into Eaton and Windsor for a wander instead. Corsham was another very picturesque Cotswold village and as it was fairly early it was lovely and quiet and we enjoyed a nice stroll through the Main Street almost on our own.

Once we got closer to Kew and decided we wouldn’t have enough time to visit we opted for Eaton & Windsor for a stroll and a coffee. Thankfully we arrived at the quiet end of Eaton and found a park as once you crossed the Thames into Windsor the cars and people were crazy busy. Eaton was yet another lovely English village and much quieter than Windsor but of course everyone was there to visit the castle or to hop on a boat cruise along the Thames. We managed to battle the crowds for about 15 minutes, looked at the Castle from the outside, checked out a few cute buildings then hotfooted it back across the river to the quiet side to have lunch and a coffee.

Finding a lovely quiet spot by the creek under the shade of a huge willow tree was the perfect spot to end the day to enjoy our lunch. It was then time to head to Heathrow and check in to our hotel for the night and drop the hire car back to the airport. After checking in and dropping the hire car off we were wondering why the air traffic was so quiet? Normally there are planes arriving every 45 seconds and we didn’t notice any on our walk back to the hotel. Whilst enjoying a beer at the hotel bar we finally noticed on the news the drama that had unfolded in the UK that day with traffic control down at all airports which obviously resulted in no planes arriving or departing Heathrow😱. Thankfully whilst quickly checking the internet things were just back up and running and our plane was still scheduled to depart on time the next morning👏. Homeward bound for us!