Bath…and its buildings. They never cease to amaze us. Not perfect, or particularly smart [1 bed flat on the Royal Crescent – £1m?] but acres and acres of them. Wimpey and Persimmon and all those other charlatans who profess to ‘spec build’ should be sent here and made to study – the stuff they build really is shoddy beyond words. We visited No 1 The Crescent, a restored Grade 1 Listed house looked after by the Bath Preservation Society. More than the National Trust it gives you a real impression of living here and includes all the important back stairs areas, often missing in the NT houses – we’ve seen enough canopied 4-poster beds thanks. The most imaginative descriptive videos emerge from mirrors on the top of chests of drawers – you’ll have to go and see it.

We also explored both the open air baths and the Roman baths – both excellent in their own ways. Neither cheap but hey, surely that’s part of the great ‘Brexit dividend’?

Eating at Henry’s found us enjoying the first day of the new Spring Menu. So new that the staff had no idea what it was all about – didn’t spoilt it of course – they were effortlessly charming and helpful – that’s not irony, btw. We had the five course ‘Farm and Sea’ menu, seated at a small table in the window. When we passed on our way to the Beckford Bottle Shop for the lunch Henry’s looked permanently closed, but it had sprung into life by the time we arrived. It may have been a ‘soft opening’ of the new menu, as only half the tables were occupied. You just don’t know what you’re missing – get there now.

Two glasses of Bulgarian Viognier, a glass of Urlar Organic Pinot Noir from New Zealand, and two small, excellent glasses of Italian Recioto Dela Valpolicella Valpantena rounded off the night.

Restaurant Henry’s Bath – alas now permanently closed – another one bites the dust…