Julie, Ben and I drove to Wiltshire this week to support the annual charity event at Cumberwell Golf Club in aid of Dorothy House Hospice Care, in partnership with the Bath Cancer Unit Support Group. Long-time friends Neil and Sarah Davies organise the day, which always proves both entertaining and competitive. I am delighted to report that in a field of sixty golfers, on his 20th birthday, Ben finished tied for second with a lifetime best score of 42 Stableford points. Perhaps his handicap needs adjusting a little!
We also took the opportunity the following day to visit the world-famous Roman Baths in the city. A temple was constructed on the site between 60 and 70 AD in the first few decades of Roman Britain. Its presence led to the development of the small Roman urban settlement known as ‘Aquae Sulis’ around the site. The Roman baths, designed for public bathing, were used until the end of Roman rule in Britain in the 5th century AD. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the original Roman baths were in ruins a century later. The area around the natural springs was subsequently redeveloped during the Middle Ages.
