London for tea and then off to Bath 29 September

After a leisurely breakfast at Richard and Pauline's the four of us drove to the St. Albans train station. We got there just in the nick of time and had no sooner bought our tickets than it was time to board the train for St. Pancras station. Less than 30 minutes later we were all navigating our way to the Tube and onto the Piccadilly Line.

Two stops later we said adieu to R & P while we continued on to Green Park. Memories of 2001 for me!  Spent a month in school at the International House learning to teach English as a second language and came into the city every day from Willesden Green and got off at Green Park.

Since we had a little time to kill before our afternoon tea reservation we strolled through Green Park. From the Bomber Command Memorial we walked beneath the Wellington Arch, passed Apsley House, the Duke of Wellington's home, and on up Park Lane to the Dorchester Hotel.

Bomber Command Memorial

Wellington Arch

To  learn more about tea at the Dorchester, or to see their menu.

Upon leaving the Dorchester we opted for a taxi to Paddington Station and the next leg of our journey. We made our way to the ticket agents where we collected our tickets for Bath (we had purchased them online using the trainline.com app).

After a 30-minute wait we boarded a Great Western Railway train heading for Bristol with the penultimate stop at Bath Spa. About an hour and a half later we pulled into the Bath Spa train station. Exiting the station we got our bearings and grabbed a cab to the Queensbury Hotel. Consisting of four connected Georgian townhouses, the hotel is full of charm and the rooms were well appointed and quite nicely laid out.

After checking in and settling in we attempted twice to find a place for dinner but both were fully booked. So we returned to the hotel and ate a delicious light meal in the bar -- and I had fish pie for the very fist time. It was scrumptious indeed!

fish pie

Tomorrow we do another afternoon tea and visit the Roman Baths. Don't touch that dial!