30 October 2012: Museum of Bath at Work

TUESDAY

A home delivery truck for Iceland, a UK supermarket chain that sells mostly frozen foods. 

Camden Crescent.

There is a globe up in the window.

The Museum of Bath at Work is a collection of objects from J.B. Bowler's engineering workshops and fizzy-pop factory. The Victorian businessman bought all the equipment and tools second hand and never throw out anything. The museum displays a selection of these objects and recreate what the business and factories looked like.

As an instentive for children to return the expensive glass fizzy-pop bottles, Bowler would give children a marble for each bottle.

Sedan Chairs were used from 1793-1949 in Bath to transport patients between their lodging and the baths.

Went to the Bath library and this paper was on the study table. Someone corrected the grammar mistake. (Waitrose is a grocery store that is located next to the library).

Small wooden crosses with red poppies in the center have been placed in the grass. On the wooden crosses are messages to lost ones. I believe this is in preparation for Armistice Day on November 11th. 

White service van came to help the broken down bus.

29 October 2012: Newton St. Leo

MONDAY

Sending my ballot off to the US.

Attended a doctorate education conference following which was lunch. This was the former billiard room of the estate that is now the university's main hall.

From the university, I walked to the village of Newton St. Leo.

One of the two thatch roof houses I saw in Newton St. Leo.

Heading back toward the main road to catch the bus...

... I look up in the sky and find a rainbow, which has become a rather common occurrence in Bath.

There is a hitch hiker waiting near the bus stop. The front of the sign he was holding said Salsbury. 

Trampoline jumping while connected to a bungee. Playing the violin while on a tight rope.

The entertainment is endless.

The cross in front of the Abbey has been filled with grass.

28 October 2012: Jewish Cemetery and Roman Baths

SUNDAY

Bath Jewish Burial Ground.

The Bath Hebrew Congregation formed in 1742. The land of this burial ground was purchased in 1812 and the earliest gravestone date is 1842. Most of the gravestones have a combination of the Hebrew and Latin alphabet. From what I noticed, the date of birth was not specified, but the exact date of death was marked and followed by the age of the person.

Small snail resting on a tombstone.

Stopped by Sainsbury... pumpkins and clementines in a Halloween box.

Dune buggies. The Cupcakery.

Sign at a Texaco gas station: "Sorry this site is closed on Sundays." 

Jack-o-lanterns in the window.

Entrance to the Roman Baths.

The Celts were the first to built a temple on the hot spring around 800 BC; They named it Sulis, a local goddess. In 43 AD, the Romans arrived and named the city Aquae Sulis. About twenty years after arriving in Bath, the Romans started building their own temple at the hot spring and over 300 years the bathing complex was gradually completed.

Model of Aquae Sulis. Roman architectural remains. 

Sketelon remains found on site. Coins and cutlery.

Pots. Harrius Potter, a Latin translation of Harry Potter sold in the gift shop.

By the time, I make it to the ground floor of the baths night is beginning to fall.

The water is 114.8 °F, hence the steam.