Me on Monday

Waving to Sian and everyone reading my blog, another weekend has gone by!

Saturday was a trip to Bath to meet with a friend I haven't seen for many, many years (we could not remember how many), she was visiting Bath for the weekend so it was an ideal opportunity to meet.
We have kept in touch over the years writing letters but it was so nice to see each other again.

We found neither of us had visited Bath Abbey so that's where we went after lunch.  A beautiful place to visit, while we were there a choir was rehearsing for an evening performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion so we sat for a while and enjoyed the music.

The War Memorial Chapel

A view of the beautiful ceiling taken through a mirror

Interesting facts about Bath Abbey:

• Three different churches have occupied the site where the Abbey stands since 757 AD
• Edgar, the first King of England was crowned on the site in 973
• Sir George Gilbert Scott completely transformed the inside of the Abbey between 1864 and 1874, he replaced the wooden ceiling with the stone far vaulting - see photo above.

Sunday was a relaxing day, my daughter visited for the weekend and cooked a very tasty vegetarian lasagne and baked a lovely calorie filled cake!

Today was a trip to Westbury so that my daughter could catch a direct train home and it saved another trip to Bath.  I took Tara for a walk by the White Horse in the rain, the site is near military land and the army were on manoeuvres so it was like stepping into a war zone complete with jets flying above. 

 Just picture me walking a dog that jumps when someone closes a car door outside, she actually did very well and if she is not desensitised now from loud noises she never will be.  There were a lot of other dogs being walked taking no notice of the bangs they looked like they were used to it.

A happy Tara in the rain

Me on Monday is a wonderful idea started by Sian from High in the Sky 

do visit her blog to see what bloggers are up to on Monday.