Up at the top end of town, it’s looking pretty festive – especially with December 25th’s pop-up shop at the end of the road
…although down in Southgate, they’re all set up for the Day of the Dead
It’s Christmas…. and Halloween
It’s Beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Looks like the council are getting a head start on the Christmas lights this year – they aren’t switched on yet, but most of them are up!
The Return of the Merry Go Round
Now the sheds have all been disassembled after the Christmas Market, the Merry Go Round has returned to its usual spot outside Primark. You’d think this would be an easy thing to get a photograph of, but trying to get a shot with no people standing in front is surprisingly challenging!
The Lights are On
And the red bauble lookalike suspended under the lights in Milsom Street looks a lot better now it’s lit!
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
…or at least the Christmas lights are now (mostly) lit, apart from the rogue set of Christmas lights outside the “Min” which still seem to be in darkness.
And I know it isn’t a photo of Christmas lights, but this is one of my favourite views to photograph in Bath. The palm trees in a garden opposite Camden Crescent seem to lend themselves to atmospheric photos looking across Bath.
The Corridor – Christmas Lights
It’s never easy to try and get a photo of Christmas lights without having lots of shoppers in the frame… maybe I need to come into Bath a lot earlier in the day, or late in the evening once everyone else has gone home!
The Corridor never fails with a suitably seasonal display, and maybe next year I’ll be able to get a better photo that shows more of the lights in one go.
Sunset and another Christmas display
It’s almost impossible to walk along the London Road and not catch some amazing sunset shades in the sky at the moment.
Walking along Green Street, I spotted a Christmas display I must have walked past lots of times before and never noticed.
This was the display above the The Old Green Tree in Green Street, which just goes to show that if you don’t look up above the windows, there’s a lot of things you’re likely to miss!
SouthGate Christmas Lights
After the first year when SouthGate made a mistake with their Christmas light display, and had “Merry Chrislmas from SoulhGale” it’s always good to see the current year’s display has no errors!
I will admit this photo had to be mirrored, as I was facing the wrong direction to get the writing to show up clearly. Those light certainly look a lot fancier than the ones in the rest of the city.
Back to the Christmas Market
Back to the Christmas Market, where there were a few less crowds today. First stop, outside the Pump Rooms where the ‘silver man’ wasn’t surrounded by quite so many people as normal.
Then on to York Street, where you can just about make our the moon glow above the market’s string of lights.
And finally, down to Southgate, to see the Christmas Market stalls, and the Southgate lights (which look somewhat fancier than those in the rest of the city!).
Bath Christmas Market
Love it or hate it, the Bath Christmas Market certainly provides some interesting photo opportunities.
