These are the days of our lives. En route to returning my Sis to craft central (Falmouth) I’m staying in the Royal Grosvenor in Weston for £32, mere feet from the premier Wetherspoons in town. It’s my third trip to Weston and it’s still a hard place to get your head round – tacky seaside… Continue reading …TWO MORE BEERS IN WESTON SUPER MARE*
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TOP 100 PUBS – THE SHEPPEY INN, LOWER GODNEY
I’m just back from Glastonbury, a town I eventually warmed to as the winding path up Bove Town and Wick Hollow toward the Tor wove some magic on a windswept morning. Apart from that, its a nondescript place, in common with pretty much all the Somerset towns apart from Frome (a classic) and Wells. Minehead… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE SHEPPEY INN, LOWER GODNEY
WOOKEY
I’m really enjoying exploring Somerset this year, having largely bypassed it (literally) until now. Today, with some morning showers damping down hopes of a trek over Cheddar, we took some friends to Wookey Hole, a name I thought was made up till our first visit. Wookey Hole is a commercialised series of show caves just… Continue reading WOOKEY
FALLING FOR MINEHEAD
Great weather in Somerset today, painting Minehead at it’s best. On a couple of earlier visits it’s lived down to it’s status as a pleasant but nondescript seaside resort, comparable to a Cleethorpes or Ayr, but it shone today. In the sun, the shapes and colours of Exmoor meeting the sea came through, and the walks… Continue reading FALLING FOR MINEHEAD
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