What seems to be a reoccurring trend it was a beautiful day when it was time to end my holiday.

It was the last day, and I thought I’d take one of the MP3 walking tours that you can download from the Visit Bristol website, which started at Temple Meads Station.

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Returned to SS Great Britain today, just to get some pictures with the camera (I’ll put them on Flickr when I return), but I’ll post a couple here for now..

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Firstly I’m really annoyed at myself – I forgot to charge my camera last night and the battery ran out when I got to the SS Great Britain, so all the remaining pictures were taken with the trusty iPhone.

Breakfast at dawn? hardly! I got an ‘urgent’ update from one of my clients so the working was taken up looking after that!

Arrived at the restaurant at about 10am this morning, as you can see the weather wasn’t great!

The weather forced me inside for the morning and to get away from all the rain – you guessed it, I went to the Aquarium?! If you’re in Bristol I recommend the Blue Reef Aquarium and iMAX Theatre (included in the price), its one of the best exhibits I’ve seen!

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Arrived in Bristol about 2pm for a 4 day break. I’m staying at ‘The Bristol’ hotel, although the staff are very helpful the rooms are not designed for a long stay; there are no chest of draws for clothes just a small closet. Needless to say I’ve progressed from living out of my suitcase and have now stuffed my clothes into the draws of the desk.

Decided to take a MP3 tour from the Visit Bristol website, first one was; The Bristol Quayside Adventure.

Discover Bristol’s pirate past with a tour around the city’s ancient harbour. Discover Bristol’s famous people, places and buildings which are said to have inspired Robert Louis Stevenson to pen his classic tale Treasure Island.

Here are some pictures from the tour;

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