November 2024. Bath.
Seven (7) pubs in Bath, all worthwhile, only one below NBSS 3 and a trio (Raven, Star, Curfew) close to a 4.
But what about life beyond pubs ? “What’s that ?” says Paul.
I’d booked a £52 “Z” hotel again for Mrs RM and myself; for comparison Paul and Will paid £22 EACH for their Youth Hostel. I guess they could have negotiated a fiver off by sharing a bunk.
The windowless “Z” hotel is strategically placed betwixt Five Guys and a bowling alley with a machine where you can win BRAPA mascots.
But the big draw for Mrs RM is the nightly free cheese and wine, the former famously contributing to my dishevelled state in 2018.
Unlimited cheese, houmous and whatever those white things are, and a generous glass of red that wasn’t quite enough for Mrs RM, who rather spoilt the bargain by paying for a refill (possibly £52).
The off-peak train back to Waterbeach gives me time to admire the spa,
the theatre,
and the Crescent,
which I can’t help thinking would make a fabulous Brunning & Price.
Those £40 rail tickets (cheaper for really old folk) give you an hour to make your way from Paddington, where I resist a morning pint
and admire the charming graffiti on the lesser used Bakerloo line.
retiredmartin 
“for comparison Paul and Will paid £22 EACH for their Youth Hostel. I guess they could have negotiated a fiver off by sharing a bunk”. Will in the upper bunk and me in the lower one was as close as either of us would have tolerated.
Only now am I reminded of you, soon after arriving in Bath, inviting us all to a cheese and wine party after it had got dark.
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How do they remove every molecule of garlic flavour from the garlic cloves with which they stuff olives?
More to the point, why?
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How ? A.I., I presume.
Why ? Why not?
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