Time for a Bath

With Christmas, anniversaries and birthdays coming upon us thick and fast, we decided it would be great to get out of Oxford for the weekend. Using the National Express special offer tickets we got a great deal to Bath.

Accommodation was sorted out here at a stone's throw from the city centre, allowing us to visit the shops, bring back the bags and go back into town for dinner without wasting any time.

Of course, there were all the major sales on in the shops, and some great places for eating (Peking Chinese's crispy aromatic duck was amazing, as was Jimmy Spice's assortment of Italian, Chinese, Thai, and Indian food). Breakfast pancakes (scotch) and bacon muffins (English) taste great at The Bridge Coffee Shop. And the best tip ever, is to go to ShakeAway (near to M&S, Burton) where they have a huge selection of milkshakes (see menu here). The "Janet" was really good, and tasted of Frozo Malt (for those of you from Barranquilla).

The historic bits of the city are also worth seeing, the cathedral, abbey, bridges and architecture are all famous here (more photos can be found following this link).

So all in all a very good whistle-stop trip to a lovely city !