The River Avon

While I was in Bath I also took a tour down the River Avon to the town of Bathhampton. I took the Pulteney Princess that aptly started at the Pulteney bridge (shown above). On the way up the river I didn't get many good pictures because I was stuck in a bad seat, but on the way back I got to sit at the front of the boat and got a bunch of pictures.

I would have stayed at Bathhampton, but the next ride back was already full which meant I would have had to wait 2 hours before I could get a boat back.



When we got to Bathhampton there were a bunch of people on the pier making a fuss. It turns out that we had blocked in a swan and her goslings. They were pretty cute, and got out without any problems.



This was the weir at Bathhampton with a bridge in the background.



Turns out I could have taken a smaller electric boat, but the boat I was on wasn't that loud, so everything turned out okay. Although it looks like the ducks liked their boat better.



These are just some photos I took off the bow of the ship as we were headed back to Bath.









It turns out that you can even rent boats to ride down the river. You can see the place to rent boats back on the left. There are both row boats and punting boats. Either one needed two people, along with most of an afternoon, so I didn't take any of them.



There is also a weir at Bath proper. The seagulls are having fun now that the guy and his Labrador have left.



And here is a picture of Bath and it's surrounding country side as seen from the boat.