Hot Fuzz & Bath - 03/06/23

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Up early for a 7:15 departure. First up we headed to Wells in Somerset to have a look round the city when Hot Fuzz was filmed. This time we avoided Plymouth and the journey north of Dartmoor was uneventful although when we turned off the motorway to go to Wells we could see in the distance the traffic on the motorway had ground to a halt. Got off at the right time! 

Wells is really picturesque and we soon spotted the filming locations for the swan hotel, the crown pub and the market place where the final climactic shoot out take place.  

The Crown
The Swan Hotel

We did also look round the bishops place and the outside of the cathedral. A tour guide told us about the Vicar’s close one of the oldest terrace streets in the country which we saw as well as the burial place of Harry Patch the last British fighter from WW1.

Then onto Bath. We took the more scenic route this time and the car struggled up some of the hills in Bath as we made our way to the park and ride and into the centre. Off the bus walked up to the circus and onto the royal crescent for our picnic lunch.  Lovely sitting on the grass with so many others enjoying the sunshine whilst keeping tabs on a wedding party happening outside the royal crescent. After lunch we walked past Bath Abbey and the Roman baths then onto Pulteney Bridge. More ice creams were had while watching the paddle boarders on the Avon before walking past Bath rugby club and then it was back to the car. Before finally getting to Gloucester for our overnight stay in a premier inn to break the journey up.

 


 

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