Luke's Blog

Sunday, August 20, 2006

Bath Trip and future travels

Sorry guys been quite a while... Over the last few weeks, i have been spending my weekends in London. I have had a lot of fun, but there hasn't been anything worth taking photos of. However one weekend, Callan and I went on a day trip to Bath. Its about 1.5hrs away by train and it is located over a natural spring when the water gushes out from a crack in the earths surface at a temp of about 45 degrees. I didnt take my camera as callan brought his fangdangled SLR and so i didnt see the point, so the following photos were taken by him.

The romans created this bath complex over the springs (hence the name of the town).







The town also has a famous and very beautiful church which we went inside to watch the choir perform to hear the acoustics of the building (quite impressive). Callan the girl got a bit spooked out with the whole church thing and did a runner as soon as they started (girl)



After checking out the baths, we wander to a famous street called Royal Crescent. A famous english architect designed the crescent and surrounding homes in the mid 1700s. its world renowned for its architecture (its a classic georgian style) but i was unimpressed. they looked like a typical unit in chelsea. Apparently famous people like Elton John and such own a place on the crescent.



So after checking out the crescent and begin walking back towards the town for some food, i hear someone call out 'oh my god what the hell are you doing here' i look up and assume its someone callan knew as he was in front of me, but no it was my cousin Ash and girfriend Natalie! what are the odds of that!



So we all hung out for the rest of the day, going for a walk up a hill to get a good view of the town.



we walked along the river passing a famous bridge




and had dinner together before saying goodbye (they were staying overnight). Quite an enjoyable day out.

In a few days im off to scotland by myself for 4 nights (over the long-weekend), im going on a 3 day tour up to the scottish highlands and stay near loch ness. Cant wait for that. There are a few of us who will be going to Croatia for 10 days at the end of September. Also I've booked 2 apartments for new years at Edinburgh which holds a massive festival during new years. Word has got out about the trip and it seems to have given a few in Brisbane the motivation to get their butt over here either for a trip or on a premanent basis. I suspect there will be 10-12 of us in all! that will be a massive reunion. Finally, Kirsten and callan are researching a christmas trip. This is the trip that im most looking forward to. The plan is to get a group of us and stay in a French Chalet at a ski resort for a week over christmas. Not a bad way to spend my first white christmas!

I'm loving work and living in London in general. Summer is over, its struggling to break 20 but the nights are still warm. im not looking forward to winter but thats life. Take care all!