Tarr Steps is an ancient packhorse bridge in Exmoor. Made of huge slabs of stone, no-one really knows how old it is, or how it was built, but estimates date back to 1000 BC. The National Park of Exmoor is full of rivers, forest and wildflowers, and spreads across Devon and Somerset. Wild ponies roam the […]
The caves at Cheddar form an intricate and deep network of caverns hollowed out naturally by the action of water, over millennia. The caves were formed by the chemical reaction between water and limestone, which makes a weak carbonic acid. Rainwater easily erodes this rock, dissolving the limestone. A body known as Cheddar Man was […]
Bath is a picturesque city with famous Georgian architecture and Roman baths. It is a spa city, built on a natural spring. Notable sights of Bath include the Roman baths, Bath Abbey, the Pulteney bridge, the Circus and the Royal Crescent. Here are some photos taken as I wandered around the city. The rotunda design […]
Recently I visited the city of Bath, in Somerset, for the first time. In ancient times Bath was the site of a hot spring, a place treated as a shrine by Iron Age Britons. A temple was built on the site in 60-70AD, during the Roman occupation of Britain. A complex of public baths gradually […]