Bath Time

It's been a while between posts... we'll put that down to having visitors (the two Nannies) and Keezee being ridiculously busy at work - it's no excuse, but it's true.

Anyway, whilst Nanny Dawn was here, Mr & Mrs Keezee managed to sneak away for a weekend in Bath without the kids (you could call it a 'clean' weekend) - thanks Nanny Dawn!. It was great and we saw lots of good stuff including some fascinating Roman ruins, with the only problem being our brand spanking new camera running out of battery-life after 3 photos. Someone forgot to bring the battery charger, so it wasn't looking good. Luckily that someone remembered he has a camera on his phone, so all was not lost. So, as long as you don't mind looking at blurry, low-res images of nice buildings..... great.. here goes then...




Here's the 3 shots we did get with the new camera.....


.....and here come the mobile phone shots.....

The Circus - note the colourful pig up there on the right...



There's the street name carved into the building... very Roman!



Warning... Warning... wife looking in antique jewellery shop.... Warning... Warning...


The houses in bath look a lot like this..



There were colourful pigs everywhere we looked
(I might need to reword that, actually)



See what I mean?



The general scene at 10pm... the British summer does afford the opportunity to have a nice walk at night (the British winter does not!).



Yep, another colourful pig.... this one is in the Roman Baths.. that's lovely warm (and green) spa water there



Jo at the Roman Baths, with the Abbey behind... very nice.




More from the Roman Baths. It's hard to believe that this place got buried under the mud and was forgotten about for around 1500 years, only to be discovered again when some plumbers were digging a sewerage pipe in the late 1800's and dug up the head of a Roman God Statue (something like that anyway) They're still digging up new bits today - amazing!



Roman Centurion pig outside the local church.



The pub across the road from our hotel (and next to Centurion Pig Church), is called the Saracen's Head - love the logo!

Polo at Cowdray

Here's a few shots from our recent visit to Midhurst (actually it was the same day we went to Petworth House). We wanted to catch a spot of polo because we knew it was played here at Cowdray Park, from the last time we dropped by, last summer.

Well, the tournament was in full swing by the time we got close, and we watched a few chukkas from the rear (ie. free) stand behind the cars parked around the field. We were very excited to discover that Australia's top player, Jack "Ruki" Baillieu, was in action in the match we watched. However, the real star of the show without a doubt was the commentator - didn't catch his name, but try and imagine a 'half-tanked' Henry Blofeld (if you know him - the English cricket commentator) and you'll get the idea.


Here's Lucy at Cowdray - we took a shot from this same spot last summer


Cowdray through the trees


Here's the polo... it's £10 to drive your car right up to side of the field (not bad for the sport of kings), but we walked round the back and ended up standing in the plebs area.


Ruki Baillieu is the "white daisy" in the blue cap (we think).



The camerawork is not great, but have a listen to the commentary - champion stuff.

Frosty the Snowman

Whilst we're doing this video thing... here's one we shot the day it was snowing. You might recall we made a snowman who ended up losing his carrot nose! Take a look to find out why....

Ham House

Video time again! For Nana's second adventure, we tried a spot of shopping at Kingston-on-Thames (a favourite retail spot for the Keezee girls) followed by a visit to nearby Ham House - you guessed it - another National Trust property. Our trusty camera was still getting over the battery-ing it took at Hatchlands, so we took the video instead.

Aside from the time it takes to copy, edit and upload videos, they seem to look OK, so we might try it again soon - keep your eye out for more. In the meantime, please enjoy the majesty that is, Ham House...... the house of Ham!