Visit the Cabot (pronounced...
by Dallas
Visit the Cabot (pronounced Cabo) Tower on Brandon Hill off Park Street. This was erected as a salute to John Cabot who was a seafaring merchant of the City. So many memories... I worked as a cinema projectionist in various theatres all of which, alas, are no longer cinemas. The Granada in St George with projectionists Stan and Bob, now departed. The Tatler in Careys Lane, now an inner by-pass. The Gaumont in Baldwin Street, once a J Arthur Rank 'Key' cinema, now, I believe, a night club.
The Centre used to consist of a lot of easily flowing traffic and some lovely gardens. Now it is clogged with vehicles not too sure of where they are going and giant metalwork monstrosities. It's called art!
I am afraid that this typifies the rest of the City, in my opinion. It seems to have degenerated somewhat.
May Day
by illumina
On the May Day bank holiday (the first Monday after May 1st), you may see these strange people roaming around Broadmead - they are Morris Dancers, and the one that looks like a walking shrub, that's Jack i' the Green!
Tour the Bath Costume Museum. ...
by jtb2inky
Tour the Bath Costume Museum. This is one of Bath's less well-known sites, but is worth visiting for an hour or so. It is one of the finest museums dedicated to period clothing in the world. The self-paced audio guide takes you through several hundred years of actual period clothing. You can witness how over the course of 100 years the hoop dress became smaller and smaller, or how men's waistcoats became shorter and shorter. The audio guides really bring the exhibits to life. The stories that you will hear are priceless. They really add to the whole Bath experience. When we visited there was a special display of some of Queen Elizabeth II dresses that she has worn over the years. See their website at http://www.museumofcostume.co.uk for more information.
The Bristol Ram pub, Bristol (!)
by Gyppo about The Bristol Ram
The Bristol Ram is a Young's pub, and as such serves some quite good beers (although since being bought out they are reducing their range). It was appropriately busy on a Saturday night. It's quite a good place, and has a projection TV for sport. None.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
by Duffelgirl about Cafe Ceiturica
Over the last year or so the local area to where I live is slowly "up and coming". One of the new arrivals to set up a trendy establishment is 'Cafe Centruia'. Initially I was loathed to go into this trendy venue (especially after my dismay that it had replaced my favourite 'greasy spoon' cafe).
I thought it was another one for the 'trendies'; modern interior, no character and over-priced food.
Well I was very hungry one night so I gave it a go.
The food was FANTASTIC! The type of food you find yourself dreaming about for no reason... the image of the plate when it first arrived, food steaming, on your table, the first time it touched the tongue setting off taste buds that you never knew existed...... Forget about trendy, the food takes centre stage and everything else is blurred into the background. The evening meals are the best. I had vegetarian moussaka and Greg had lamb meatballs. Apparently the meat balls were as perfect as the moussaka. The presentation was faultless and the taste should be illegal it was so good. Without doubt the best vegetarian meal I have ever eaten.
Don't even get me started on how unbelievable scrumptious the dessert was........
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Avon Gorge with bridge in distance
Old Duke ceiling
Giant's cave, Bristol
extinct bird
