Safari so goodie…

Our first stop was for the tour around Rich’s Cider Farm and museum, although I think it was just an excuse so we could stock John up with cider for the week ahead… well it would be rude to be in Somerset and not to enter into the spirit of it. On our travels we also stopped off at Burnham on sea… Blackpool but with less class!!!! (commiserations to anyone reading this from either location)

We had a couple of nice evenings with Gary, Kim, Ash, Alexi and Faye sipping cider and wine in the sun… oh and some rather tasty Vodka too. Their dog Bella kept Benny entertained for a few days whilst he eyed her up as a potential afternoon snack. They left us with lots of tips for places to visit in Cornwall before they headed off for a week in Dorset. Our new neighbours have arrived today and look a bit odd… think we will avoid eye contact with them at all times.

A lovely day was spent at Cheddar Gorge where we explored the caves and did a nice walk round the gorge in the sun. I felt a little sick though after consuming a cocktail of fish and chips, ice cream, chilli cheese and some Legbender cider… a mixture not to be recommended.

 


Wells (Britain’s smallest city) was a good place to explore too; it has a huge Cathedral and Bishops Palace with lots of cool walks. The farmers market complete with a great jazz band composed of 90 year olds called “ The Grey Dogs” livened the place up a bit.
 

We decided to go down to the Safari Park at Longleat where you can drive through various enclosures including Lions, Tigers and Monkeys. When we saw the warning signs outside the monkey enclosure “MONKEYS WILL CLIMB ON YOUR VEHICLE AND WILL CAUSE DAMAGE… YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!” we were exceptionally relived that we had paid £8 to take the tour bus instead. We could only watch in awe as the monkeys systematically robbed cars of their aerials, swung from the rear windscreen wiper blades and fuelled their drug and alcohol additions by drinking from the windscreen washer jets and sucking the glue off the rubber trim! We reckon they managed to strip the Landrover in front of our bus faster than our local service centre and they didn’t charge £85 per hour either!



The weather held and gave us the chance to visit Bath or is it pronounced “Barth” either way is was a great place with lots of character.

Next stop on our travels… Newquay