Last day in Bath

Another early start to the day. Surprisingly the trains didn't really annoy me as much as I thought they would. Kind of got used to them roaring past. Breakfast then off for the day. First stop was seeing if the Theatre Royal Museum was open but no, closed on Fridays, so walked to the Fashion Museum which is in the Assembly Rooms...where the fashionable people in the late 1700s and 1800s would gather every evening. Unfortunately the Assembly Rooms were being used for a function and were closed to the public, which was disappointing, so I went to the Fashion Museum which had displays of fashion throughout the years, from impossibly impractical dress of the 1600s to famous designers and everything in between. For someone who is not fussed about clothes, it was really interesting to wander through.
Lovely weather again so I didn't mind just wandering around again. I believe I have now walked around every single street, lane, alley way and avenue in Bath :)
My next stop was to look in the Victoria Museum which had two levels of art work, most of it donated by wealthy art patrons. Only three paintings I recognised, including a portrait of Henry VIII by Holborn...but I suspect it was a copy. There were three Gainsboroughs but he lived in Bath for a time so that wasn't unusual. As well, there was a display of glass which I think Rainer would love, plus a gallery of art by local artists, some of which was great and others, well...each to their own, huh?
I walked along the canal again and returned to Raby Place to meet Ian from Iron Donkey to get my bike, maps and directions. The bike is not much of an improvement from last year, despite being an upgrade. Mmmmm, definitely not my beautiful Orbea!
The maps look suitably confusing and I fully expect to get lost and cycletwice the distances I need to! Ian did not inspire me with confidence, saying that some of the routes are not well sign posted. Great. And I'll have to navigate along one section of  a  major road leading into Stonehenge. Great x 2 because I know the bit he is referring to and yes,  it is busy with buses and cars and trucks. I will see how that pans out when that day arrives.
So...tomorrow is cycling day 1 - Bath to Heytesbury via Bradford on Avon, which is approximately 67 kilometres. Give or take a few kilometres for getting lost. The highlight, should I find my way there, of course, is stopping at Longleat Estate, the home of the slightly eccentric Lord Bath, who has a wife and multiple mistresses and a couple of anxious sons who wish him to fall off the perch so they can take over the estate. Or so I have been informed.
Hopefully my next post will be from Heytesbury, but if you don't hear from me again, you'll know that I am lost.