I have just returned refreshed from a holiday in the West Country, where I met up with old friends and went for long rambles in the Woods above Bath. I can particularly recommend Bathford Hill for its wonderful limestone woods, full of Pyramid Orchids. Don’t on any account try to climb the folly at the top of the hill however, the staircase is treacherous! I rate Bathford hill considerably over the more famous Solsbury Hill which has been partly spoiled by the new road just below it. Recommend Victoria Gallery in Bath for British paintings – especially Sutherland and Ayrton from the 1940′s – good to see the neo-Romantics getting wall space outside London. And they have the wonderful Kurt Jackson for a big show later in the summer.
Ratnagarbha
