- Vol. 09
- Chapter 03
From Birmingham To The Bath
"Bath - a weekend break"
You had said
"Travel light, just do be there"
So I did
Acquire a used Lonely Planet
Read it back to front
Corner bending those pages
With sites to be sighted:
Bath Abbey
Pulteney Bridge
Royal Crescent
Roman remains
Grand Pump Room
Sydney Gardens
A plethora of musea
And faux-posh restaurants
Street eateries
Vegan diners
Gastro pubs
Bars
Inns of repute
Inns without.
From Birmingham To The Bath
"Must bring a cossie"
(Your present from Pampelonne I think)
Packed along with casuals and formals
With goggles and nose-clip.
Caught the early out of New Street
No, I don’t remember Adlestrop
Unwontedly via Oxford
Eventually ending up at Bath Spa.
Perhaps the Thermae Bath
Is the domain where we will meet
For a pamper day experience
In mineral-rich waters
But it was to be your basement flat
High up in Twerton
Passed the Polar Bear then right
To your squat on the street
Where I bathe alone prone
With mermaids au natural
One yellow plastic duck
The odd grey seal
A snorkeler with precision
Against a fresco mural of Dover Cliffs
And you with a loofah
That scratched to the quick.
From Birmingham To The Bath
So I did
Travel light, just to be there
"Bath - a weekend bleak"
I realise you said.