The water is warm dirty and not safe to touch or drink! 

Bath Abbey 

Stained glass Bath Abbey 

ceiling Bath Abbey 

Bath Abbey 

Bath Abbey 

Side alley bath 

River Avon Bath 

Swan at Bath 

The Royal crescent Bath 

Nunney Church 

Nunney castle 

Nunney castle 

Mattie and John at Nunney Castle 

Nunney Castle 

Winchester.

Situated amidst the chalk downs of Hampshire, in the green valley of the river Itchen is the City of Winchester.At the heart of the City is the Norman cathedral. For hundreds of years pilgrims came to the Shrine of St Swithun.Also in the city is are the remains of Wolvesley castle and the house where Jane Austen lived the latter part of her life, she is buried in the Cathedral.There is so much history to be seen in this city and we spent several hours exploring it today. Although Winchester is only 20 miles away we had never really spent much time exploring it. it is a place we will be sure to go back to and explore some more of its interesting history.
Mattie loved it just as he loved York on his last visit.
I am having a little trouble posting photos tonight so maybe I will come back and edit this at a later date.
(Winchester also features in the book The Forest by Edward Rutherfurd)

King Alfred's statue is made of bronze and raised on two blocks of granite. Erected in 1901 it commemorates the death in 899 of the great Saxon King Alfred the Great. Winchester was Alfred's capital. 

The Ancient High Street. Down this street have walked Roman soldiers and in medieval times pilgrims on their way to the shrine of St Swithun.

 

City bridge and Mill. The present city bridge and milldates from 1813 but an earlier bridge was built by St Swithun bishop of Winchester (852-862) The river Itchen made a natural defence here for the Roman city wall.

 

Wolvesley Castle begun in1130-1140by Bishop Henri de Blois it was largely destroyed in1645 when Winchester was captured by parliamentart troops during the Civil war.