The Flower Shop On The Bridge

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All photos copy right of Maggie May.

By now, people will know that I do love the city of Bath in Somerset. I go there a lot.

I was drawn to Pulteney Bridge, last time I visited. Go here if you want more information.

At the back of the shops is a drop into the weir. Last Wednesday I used a photo of the weir for the Watery Wednesday meme. Here.

However, at the front there is a busy shopping community, all built on a bridge!

It was a flower shop that caught my eye.

Crossing the street I ventured closer and using my new camera, which is a digital Pentax P70, I zoomed in on the flowers. There were so many people about that I had to wait a long time for the shop to clear of pedestrians passing by.

Maybe I should zoom in a bit more. It is a lovely shop, don't you think?

Photostory Friday is hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek.

To market, to market.......

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To market, to market to by a fat pig!

Home again, home again, jiggeddy jig!

The children's rhyme that comes to my mind when thinking about markets!

I love shopping in Bath, Somerset as the city is so beautiful. There are usually things to be sold on the open stalls that are scattered along the main streets, but they also have an undercover market. During last winter I noticed that these hats, in the photo below, were very popular and they are really cosy and warm. The one I bought, kept my ears from freezing on playground duty. Don't these hats look lovely and colourful altogether on a stand?

There were flags on sale from most major countries of the world and I thought that they made a lovely picture and had to stop and take the photo below. Bath gets many visitors from all over the world but I wonder who does buy them though?

It was St. George's Day recently, our patron saint and although England is fairly insipid about being patriotic, compared to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland who go to town with celebrating their Saints Days, the media are trying to enthuse the English to fly a flag on each April 23rd! There is even talk about having a National Holiday at some point in the future. Maybe I will buy one next year....... though not as big as these ones!

Why shouldn't we be proud of our country? Maybe we would do something to help put ourselves back on track, if we were more patriotic! All working together and being proud of who we are, in our many diverse ways!

I will have to go back with my camera and see what other things the market is selling, next visit.

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Weird Weir Picture

Whenever I look at this photo of a pleasure boat giving a tour at Pulteney Weir in Bath, Somerset, I always think that there seems to be something wrong with it.

It gives the impression that the boat might be stranded on dry land, probably because the eye is not expecting to see a boat so high up in the scene. Am I the only one that feels that way?

Although it looks as though the boat might end up being swept over the weir, the stretch of water is much wider than it looks, though one boat did capsize once. Fortunately everyone on board was rescued, including a heavily pregnant lady.

I took this photo in the height of our summer last year. It is a lovely place and I do like to visit Bath whenever I can.

If you'd like to go on a trip, click the link above and hold on tightly!

I wonder what my son Sam is publishing on his Watery Wednesday this week?