The city’s streets may still be deserted, but behind the scenes its restaurants, cafes and shops are a hive of activity
Apart from the odd dog-walker, Bath’s much-loved Walcot Street was deserted last week. But the area’s celebrated artisan shops were a hive of activity as the owners prepared to reopen to the public on Monday.
In the street’s tiny wool shop, A Yarn Story, the owner, Carmen Schmidt, was checking stock with a colleague. She had mixed feelings about the reopening as she won’t be able to offer people the same intimate, relaxed experience. “We are a very tactile business so we are excited to have people back in – to feel the yarn and see the colours,” she said as the street’s colourful bunting fluttered in the wind. “Before it didn’t matter if I had 10 people for two hours, but I’m now only allowed two people in the shop. We’ll have to ask people to make a choice if a line is forming outside.”
