{"id":501,"date":"2007-07-10T10:24:57","date_gmt":"2007-07-10T10:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icemark.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/07\/10\/taking-a-bath\/"},"modified":"2016-04-18T15:16:24","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T15:16:24","slug":"taking-a-bath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icemark.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/07\/10\/taking-a-bath\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking a Bath"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Duke<\/a> Victoria and I went to Bath ( or Barth for you southerners ) at the weekend. It was our, now becoming annual, weekend away for our anniversary and Victoria’s birthday.
\nWe stayed at the Apsley House Hotel<\/a> just on the outskirts of the city. The hotel was lovely. We stayed in the Duke of Wellington room ( click on picture ) which was comfortable without being too austere. Breakfast was great which is becoming more and more of a problem with Hotels and B&B’s; people just don’t know how to cook a good breakfast nowdays. If you are every staying in Bath then I would highly recommend it.
\nWe dined at the Fish Works<\/a> on Friday night. It was nice, I can’t say much more than that. I enjoyed it and we had a good meal, but to be honest it was just so so. We did however have desert wine<\/a> with our deserts which were absolutley fab! One was a Pedro Ximenez Gutierrez Colosia which Victoria had with a chocolate pudding thingy and the other was a delightful La Hitaire Jardin d’Hiver which I had with Creme Brulee.
\n\"Thermae<\/a>Saturday we went to the Thermae Spa<\/a>. It isn’t cheap at \u00a320 each for 2 hours, plus any rental of robes and towels. But it was a great way to idle away a few hours after a heavy night before! The roof top pool was great; lounging around in the sun while relaxing in hot bubbly spring water helped by that
\nwater softener shower head<\/font><\/a>! All I needed was a cold glass of wine and I would have been sorted. The other great thing was the steam rooms and showers, excellent skin detox! \ud83d\ude42
\nAte at Wagamama<\/a> on Saturday which is always a pleasure. Strange that it is nearly 10 years since I first visited one yet they seem so new. We also ate afternoon tea at the Pump Room<\/a> on Sunday. As a general rule I liked Bath, however it was just Ok. I wonder if the fact that I live in the New Forest surrounded by so many lovely locations, makes other places not as decidedly fantastic as other people might find them? We had a great weekend that was for sure! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Here’s some pictures… ( click on all pictures on the page for higher resolution images ).
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