Well, it’s all happening at Bath’s Guildhall with skilled painters at work inside and out!

There’s a bit of spring cleaning underway at the Assembly Rooms too. With one of the twice-yearly chandelier inspections and cleaning underway in the ballroom.

They are exquisite and valuable examples of cut-glass and  London made Georgian decorative hanging lights. Chandelier comes from the French for candle – chandelle -and from Latin candela, from candere meaning ‘be white, glisten.’

I finish this quick whip around the city with a novel way of using a rubbish bin in Sydney Gardens.

While – though the rising sun was against us – l snapped a queue of university students at a Grand Parade bus stop.

It’s a sign of the times – l suppose –  that many were glued to smartphone screens rather than chatting to the person next to them. They are not alone. We are ALL doing it these days.