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Tuesday, 4 April 2017

Family Fun at Wookey Hole - The Variety Attraction (Somerset)



We are down in Somerset currently; it isn't an area we have really explored before but we always pass through on our annual visit to our favourite Christian festival at Butlins, Minehead. This year I tried to book our normal pit-stop hotel in Bristol and it was so expensive so we looked elsewhere and settled on Weston-Super-Mare and as it isn't an area we know we took the opportunity to have a couple of days here and extend our break away.

What a fab area this is, we made a good choice and I'd happily return another time to explore further. There is a very grand looking pier that we didn't get to go on as we arrived too late and the beach is sandy and massive but the kids favourite part was the 2p arcades and they came away with a ton of keyrings, noisy putty, sweets and other assorted novelties that they won.

Before we came away I was having a browse of what was in the local area and I spotted we were only about 30 minutes away from Cheddar Gorge and Wookey Hole. I knew I'd been to the area as a Girl Guide many, many years ago and recall I really loved visiting the caves. I have this memory of being told the water in the caves had healing power and I can remember rubbing it on cut I had. Funny, how the oddest memories stay with you.

So when we headed to Wookey Hole today I expected to get a bout of nostalgia and silly me, it must of been Cheddar Gorge I visited when young as Wookey Hole was a whole new experience for me, a good one!

Saturday, 12 April 2014

National Trust - Dunster Castle, Minehead

On the way to our holiday at Butlins, we stopped off at the National Trust Dunster Castle just about a 5-minute drive from the Butlins Resort.  What a nice way to spend a couple of hours getting some culture before we hit Butlins!

Dunster Castle is really well maintained and sits is a majestic position on the hill. It is such a contrast to the ruins of Bodium Castle that we visited a few weeks back. I see that during the school holidays they offer lots of family-friendly activities, such as Easter egg hunts, falconry and Victorian games.

I'd say this National Trust site is worth a visit by any families passing by or living locally.  We didn't make it down to the subtropical gardens but these are supposed to have a nice children's play area there and we did see plenty of grassy space for the kids to run free and picnic areas too.

In the absence of JJ, Miss M took control and wanted to pan out our visit and let us know where we should go.



There are so many great areas to explore, it is a really big and varied National trust site.


The stately home is very well preserved and there are guides for both adults and children with age-appropriate text and activities.
 Miss M liked the fact there were a few seats she could try out for herself.


There were also quite a few children-friendly activities and the girls had a fab time napkin folding and laying place settings.




Check out all our other National Trust reviews over here.