Somerset Graffiti

Somerset Lane

Happy Autumn Walk

A photo-story of my Sunday morning.

View of Church St.

Royal Cres, obviously.

From Queen's Parade.

Occupy Bath in Queen's Square. I love the massive tent - slightly ironic.

Also Queen's Sq. This lot is just playing boules, with no obvious political message.

Colona Smalls. Soy milk. 

A mistake photo that I quite like.

Back up through Victoria Park.

Welcoming the Tourists

Saw this one outside the Riverside Cafe while travelling to and from the Spiegeltent at the Bath Fringe. I think it gives a warm welcome to our guests.

Disclaimer!

Right. When I say 'drain', apparently I mean 'plughole'. Forgive me, I'm Canadian. For 7 years I've been saying 'drain', meaning 'plughole' and no one has corrected me until I have created a public blog announcing my ignorance to the world. For clarification, I mean 'the place where the lovely bubbles drain away when you take the plug out of the hole in the bottom of the bathtub'. Expat pitfalls indeed. They never end.

You know, this thing

Behind the Royal Crescent

Royal Crescent, Bath

I'm a member of the club at the Royal Crescent Hotel (I know, sorry). The gardens are looking particularly glorious this time of year - fragrant and lush and fresh. The spa pool is warm, with views of the blossoming trees.













But behind the tourist attraction, there is the reality of all the workings that guests shouldn't see. As a local, both views are part of my day-to-day experience.

The Great Dell

Queenly sequoia in The Great Dell

The more traditional part of the gardens

Visitors can easily miss The Great Dell during their explorations of Bath's Botanical Gardens, but it's one of my favourite spots. A little bit shady, a little bit damp, with dangerous muddy paths, the dell is the Prince Harry of the Royal gardens. Look up, look way up, at the grand sequoias holding court - it will give a tiny taste of life on the west coast of North America. I visit when I'm homesick and imagine I'm in a British Columbian forest.

Not the grimiest part of Bath, but an overlooked treasure.

The Fair

An annual pain in the ass for local publicans and residents, the fun fair brings with it a plethora of un-Bathlike images, sounds, smells, and people.

Fancy a cup of tea Mr Darcy?

Unattended baby

Yes, there really was a baby in there!