We decided to give Mike and Pat a break from us and went travelling for a few days. We headed south along small narrow roads through the extremely picturesque Cotswolds:
We did a great free walking tour of Bath and got to see some wonderful sights including the Royal Crescent, top, which has been used in countless movies. Needless to say Malcolm did not want to do the Jane Austin tour of Bath but we still got to see some of the sights.
The major highlight in Bath is, of course, the 2000 year old Roman Baths. The Romans set up an amazing complex of bathhouses here taking advantage of the constant 46 degree temperature of the water.
In the evening we went to one of Jamie Oliver's Italian restaurants which had great food and wine. After touring around in the morning we headed to Stonehenge, a place I have wanted to visit since I was a child. It was great to be able to see it as it had been set up in such a way that even with lots of people there it didn't feel crowded.
We then spent the night at a pub in a small town before heading off towards Oxford. On the way we stopped to see the Uffington White Horse from the Bronze Age.
After walking up to see this we then headed to Oxford. This was very crowded but we did get to see some great sights. We first went to the Museum of the History of Science which even included a blackboard used by Einstein. We did a tour of the Duke Humfrey's library, where the library scene from Harry Potter was filmed as well as the Divinity School where the hospital scenes were shot. They also had on display Shakespeare's first Folio. We then headed to Christ Church College to see its Dining Hall that was also used in the films.
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