It’s been the longest time since myself and my husband have been able to have some quality time together, so this was so needed! Stay cations are very popular this year, I hope by sharing what we did and where we stayed could help inspire some of you to book a weekend away!
We had one night and a day and half to play with including travel. We thought where would be great for us to visit. I’ve always wanted to go to Bath and explore so that was our destination of choice! More information and photos will be going up on Instagram here
Looking for hotel availability in Bath however was a struggle and the prices were coming up way to high we were booking last minute. We decided to have a look on Airbnb and found the perfect in a far prettier location around 30 mins car drive from Bath.
Saturday morning, we traveled from Coventry to Bath and found the best parking to be in the Underground car park by the train station thanks to my brother who has been there plenty of times. That was super handy to know so wanted to share with you in case you’re planning a trip soon.
We had a lovely mooch around the shops but were most impressed by the gorgeous buildings! The vibe was so lush, it very hot day and everyone was out living their best lives. The seagulls though, wow they were the size of dogs, I’m not even exaggerating the wingspan were huge and nearly took us out! We had a nose in the Markets and seen some cute looking afternoon tea places! The Rugby was on so it was packed out but well worth looking into to book a table. We had a look in the charity shops and couldn’t find that many, the ones we did go in I was disappointed in, the prices seemed very high and nothing major stood out to me! We did see some of the streets one of my all time favorite program Bridgerton was filmed!
Once we had finished in Bath we headed on the lovely drive to our accommodation. The location of where we were staying was perfect! There’s a cute farm shop at the top of the road and we were within 3 -minute walk from The Farrington Inn Pub which served gorgeous food, very reasonable prices. We were right near a supermarket and local shop and petrol station if you needed any essentials.
The Old Parsonage
Such a cute little barn conversion with everything we could possibly need for our trip, towels, soaps and shampoos, tea coffee sugar, breakfast cereals for the next morning. Kitchen area and comfy bed. Couldn’t really fault it! Would highly recommend and would go back and visit if we were wanting to explore other places local. It was perfect for the short time we were there. The shower was amazing! We paid £101 for the nights stay.
Of course, we took our Urban Brownies treats with us! Although we did lose a couple to the heat in the car, they tasted even better melted!
We checked out the next morning and headed to Weston-Super-Mare around an hour from our accommodation… yes, I wish I had done our research me and Luke were completely oblivious. It was packed, we parked the car up and could see the sea was very far out, we couldn’t understand why no one was in the sea, we knew it was a good few mile walk but couldn’t understand why people hadn’t walked it apart from the odd group half way down the beach… so we start walking, we keep walking and then the ground started to get a muddy sticky texture, my Crocs were getting stuck but we carried on and then BAMB we step onto a muddy patch and my leg went straight down I was stuck in this quicksand like texture up to my hips! All very funny, i wish we got photos or would of loved to have seen it from someones else view! Luke had to pull my out and we lost my Croc he had to reach in and hunt for it luckily it was found but sadly I had snapped one of the straps! Luke continued on, I couldn’t risk it with my crutch, and he didn’t get much further when a group of girls said it gets a lot worse! We felt defeated, I just wanted to dip my feet in the sea!
So, we walked back to the car covered in mud, I even had it on my face, chest everywhere. A long car journey home covered in mud but at least we know not to take the kids! I won’t be in a hurry back there anytime soon! After speaking to family and them laughing saying were mad, we should know you cant reach the sea until it comes in made me think what’s the point why do people go and sit on the sand if there’s no sea! Mind blown!
We had such a lovely weekend though; it was great to get away and spend time together!
Have you visited Bath or Weston-Super-Mare?
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