Over Christmas my family and I visited the Longleat Festival of Light. As they all live in Bath, it’s only a half hour drive to visit Longleat and the safari park, but this time we didn’t go visit the park, the focus was the lights! The gate lit up at dusk. The Festival of Light…
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Bath Christmas Market
If you are a regular reader you’ll know that I’m down in Bath a lot as my family now lives there. This weekend was the last one we would all see each other until after Christmas, as well as being the last weekend of the Bath Christmas market, so it seemed like a good plan…
World Gin Day 2015 – where to celebrate!
Wondering where to celebrate World Gin Day tomorrow Saturday 13 June 2015? Here’s a brief list of suggestions! London Junipalooza The gin festival run by the Gin Foundry (this is where you will find me!), unfortunately it’s fully booked out now, but look out for future events The Oliver Conquest On Leman Street by Aldgate East….
Hendricks bus in Bath
It’s not a bus it’s MA’AM – the Mobile Academy of Alchemical Meanderings! Aka a bus Meandering around selling Hendricks cocktails for the tidy price of £4.50! Currently it’s in Bath for a gintastic bank holiday weekend. They are selling three different cocktails – including The Perfect Serve Hendricks and Tonic. This is obviously with…
Culture in Bath
Last weekend was a very cultural weekend. To celebrate my little sister’s birthday there were family related outings in Bath. First up on Saturday afternoon was Austentatious. Bath is well known as the home of Jane Austen and so there are frequent Austen related events. In honour of Bath Literature Festival the Austentatious improv troop…
Festive Bath
Festive Bath – no I don’t mean a nice long soak in scented water, but rather the City!! Now that the Christmas Market is all packed up what can you do in Bath? Well the sales have now started and if like us you flag from festive season shopping I’ve found the solution to rejuvenate…
Gin tasting @ Bath Christmas market!
Last week was the inaugral Hughes’ parent Christmas party in Bath, and it coincided with the last weekend of the Bath Christmas Market. Those of you who follow me on twitter will have seen the numerous tweets and photos from the weekend, but for everyone else here it is: Me, holding my invisible champagne glass, outside…
Thermae Bath Spa
Last time I was up in Bath visiting the family I wrote about the Roman Baths this time it was all about treating ourselves in the spa 🙂 You’re not allowed to take photos in the Spa, so all the pics are from the Thermae Spa website Disclaimer over – what did we do?! As…
Bath Gin at the Canary
I was down in Bath last week to say hello to my new nephew – little Dylan Hugo! And as is often the case this meant trying a new bar with the parents – I finally got to the Canary, the home of Bath Gin. Mum & Dad outside the Canary. Mum was on a…
Roman Baths: Touristing in Bath!
I was back in Bath last week (unsurprisingly given most my family is here these days!) This time mum decided we should do some touristing – interesting fact, but if you are a Bathonian then you get free entrance to a lot of the tourist attractions with a special card proving that you are a local. That…