In Which Lindsey and Jazlin Go to Bath

Location: Bristol, England to London, England

This is going to be a bit of a short summary post, as I would really like to get caught up with the present and it's a bit late.

So after Oakhampton Jazlin and I made our way south along the edge of Dartmoor to a place called Lydford Gorge, where we hiked around, visited a waterfall, and had a marvelously good scone with cream and jam to go with our tea.

Then we headed down to Plymouth and took a train to Bristol Temple Meads, which is my favorite of all of the train stations we have gone to (nice architecture, lovely hanging flower baskets, and bathroom sinks which soap, wash, and dry your hands all in one go. What more could a person want?)

(Sleepy Jazlin waving in front of Bristol station on the way to Bristol YHA hostel)

Once again, we hadn't been able to book our next hostel, but at least this time we knew where it was located. Fortunately reception was open and there were beds available at around 10:30pm when we arrived. It was also the biggest/most sophisticated hostel we've stayed at, with elevators operated by keycard and rooms with en suite bathroom and shower.

Which finally brings us to today! (Actually yesterday when you consider that it's past midnight at the moment. Drat.) Anyhow, Wednesday: we decided that since we were so close to Bath we ought to pay the city a visit before continuing on to London. I think that Bath is my favorite city so far. The architecture is gorgeous, and it has a happy sort of air about it. So we spent the day there and went on a free walking tour, though we decided against spending the time/funds to see in the actual Roman Baths (our walking tour gave us a bit of a view of one part from the top though.) Our tour guide was a neat elderly woman with all sorts of interesting information, and the tour was two hours long so I don't feel like we missed out much.

(Our awesome tour guide)

Then on to London! I haven't mentioned it, but Jazlin and I are still sick. We stocked up on cough drops (which we've mostly run out of) and have tried not to let it slow us down much, but we've been sniffling all day and I had a bout of very inconvenient light sensitivity and eye soreness which threatened to put a damper on Bath whenever the sun came out (and my sunglasses broke.)

But we're doing well, don't worry! We just made it to the hostel we had pre-booked in London; the place is adorable, with cute little curtains around the beds and rather impressive architecture. I'll take pictures tomorrow.