{"id":55,"date":"2018-02-26T14:17:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T14:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/doctoral-welcome-team\/?p=55"},"modified":"2018-02-26T14:18:22","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T14:18:22","slug":"quirky-bath-5-things-you-didnt-know-about-our-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/doctoral-welcome-team\/2018\/02\/26\/quirky-bath-5-things-you-didnt-know-about-our-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Quirky Bath: 5 Things You Didn't Know About Our City!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-57 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/doctoral-welcome-team\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2018\/02\/QuirkyBathtourlowres-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/doctoral-welcome-team\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2018\/02\/QuirkyBathtourlowres-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/doctoral-welcome-team\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2018\/02\/QuirkyBathtourlowres-161x215.jpg 161w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/doctoral-welcome-team\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2018\/02\/QuirkyBathtourlowres.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/>On a chilly Sunday morning in February, over 20 doctoral students enjoyed a quirky walking tour of Bath, led by the Doctoral College\u2019s own Val Skinner who volunteers as a Mayor\u2019s Guide in her spare time. Rather than the usual \u2018tourist trail\u2019, Val treated us to a more quirky tour of our city and its over 2000 year history.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone enjoyed learning new snippets about Bath and exploring streets off the beaten track. To give you a taste of what made us giggle and gasp here are 5 facts from the quirky tour that you probably didn\u2019t know about Bath:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The part cake - part bread Bath Bun (served in Sally Lunn\u2019s since the 17<sup>th<\/sup> century) was initially invented as a medicine.<\/li>\n<li>There\u2019s up to 6000 bodies buried under the floor of the Abbey, which are sinking the iconic building as they decompose.<\/li>\n<li>Noticed anything strange about the statue of St Peter to the left of the main Abbey doors? His head was knocked off during a military exercise and a new one was carved out of his substantial beard.<\/li>\n<li>Plasticine was invented on Alfred Street.<\/li>\n<li>If you see Bath stone with a pink tinge that means there\u2019s been a big fire.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-56 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/doctoral-welcome-team\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2018\/02\/IMG_6631QuirkyBathtourlowres-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/doctoral-welcome-team\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2018\/02\/IMG_6631QuirkyBathtourlowres-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/doctoral-welcome-team\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2018\/02\/IMG_6631QuirkyBathtourlowres-161x215.jpg 161w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/doctoral-welcome-team\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2018\/02\/IMG_6631QuirkyBathtourlowres.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/>So, next time you take a stroll down a Bath street, take a minute to look around you, the city is much more than just clothes stores and coffee shops.<\/p>\n<p>Keep an eye out on the Doctoral Welcome Team <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/guides\/welcome-events-for-new-doctoral-students\/#welcome-team-events\">website<\/a> for similar events and if you want to do a tour yourself, check out the Mayor\u2019s Guides free <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bathguides.org.uk\/\">walking tours.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bethan Charles, Doctoral Welcome Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a chilly Sunday morning in February, over 20 doctoral students enjoyed a quirky walking tour of Bath, led by the Doctoral College\u2019s own Val Skinner who volunteers as a Mayor\u2019s Guide in her spare time. 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