Adventures in a Motorhome for a Year Around the UK - Cotswold - Cheddar Gorge - Fiddington - Watchet - Doriford - Week 37

 Monday, 4 May 2015 Week 37

Returning to our travels from Essex, we stopped off at Swindon to meet part of the Penney clan - Auntie Marge and we stayed just outside Swindon close to the Cotswolds, where we had lovely nature walks and barbecues. A very relaxing few days after the hectic week before, driving back and forth across the country. It was great to catch up with lots of family after months alone on the road. 😇 

We stayed at another Caravan Club site, as I prefer the super clean camp facilities. This one was in Cheddar, Somerset, where the real Cheddar cheese is made. We bought some of the mature cheeses stored and matured in the caves there. We went to a cheese tasting shop in the Gorge, and weirdly, the cheese does have a mineral aftertaste to it, which is aged in the caves for a very long time. It does taste amazing and at £6.20 for a Dairylea's triangle worth it should be!

We went into the caves, which were cool and dank and of course dark. I began to get the heebie jeebies as things like that do spook me at times, but it gave me a great idea for one of my Lycan Lamia characters who lurked around some damp caves haunting visitors who dared to enter!

Del and I have been to Cheddar before, on one of our first weekend breaks together so it was great to return and reminisce and enjoy some apple pie flavoured ice cream - Yummy yum. 

We took a day trip to Weston Super Mare, where there was a Harley-Davidson and Vesper convention. Reminding me of the film Quadrophenia, and it also gave me yet another great idea for my third book in The Mancunian Tales Series - The Bailiff, where the story begins with a chilling murder in Weston-Super-Mare. I do find that when I travel and visit great places, I get inspired with new stories and use the places I visit as the backdrop for them. 

We moved along the coast for the remainder of the bank holiday weekend to Fiddington,, a quaint hamlet/village near Watchet, a harbour town close to Minehead. We had a look around and apart from a small Market Hall and courthouse there wasn't much going on, but it was quaint and pretty. At Doriford, we found a Haven campsite, so we stayed there bank holiday Sunday & Monday. When we arrived back at Fiddington, the overcrowded campsite was virtually empty with just three caravans left (including ours) It's quite creepy when that happens.

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