Odd things in Bath

Why was there a North American Indian playing operatic tunes on the pan pipes in a historically Roman town in the UK? But this busker was truly special: And here’s the most expensive icecream (no wonder there was only one customer gullible enough to succumb): A lovely bookshop sign: The weirdest hotel advertising. Do theyContinue reading “Odd things in Bath”

Still shaving!

Roman women in Bath shaved their legs, had regular massages, and worked out at the gym. So we’re not all that differant from the folk of 70ad. Technology and fashion may have changed, but the desire to reshape ourselves….? Their gym included weight lifting, wrestling, and medicine ball passing. Men and women had their ownContinue reading “Still shaving!”