Cheddar Gorge

One of the most beautiful places in this country by far! We have travelled there twice now and I would happily give up everything and go and live up there! This place has a special place in my heart, it has something for everyone!

We stayed there for a weekend at a campsite called Cheddar Gorge Touring Park; beautiful campsite with pitches, wigwams and a holiday cottage all on site! Owners are incredibly friendly and run a little shop on site in their reception. It is literally a 5 minute walk from Cheddar Gorge so for once we didn't have to use the car all weekend!

 The gorge itself is incredible and fairly accessible too, there are plenty of paths to the top of the gorge including a set of managed stairs (at a cost) and the views are beautiful! The town centre has plenty to do including shops, restaurants, some of the most creative ice cream parlours I have ever seen and plenty of caves and attractions such as a double decker bus tour and rock climbing and abseiling on the gorge itself!

Adam obviously spent most of his time scaling the rocks and ledges and I actually learnt a little bit and done some climbing with him and we found some beautiful wild flowers and caterpillars and I didn't plummet to my death! He makes me do things I never thought imaginable and I'm so lucky to have him by my side to teach me things! 

Everyone needs to visit Cheddar; its a special little town. 

  

Pembrokeshire 12 hour Roadtrip!

Back in February we went holidaying in South Wales, we have been to Wales before and absolutely love the country. One of our day trips consisted of driving some of the Pembrokeshire coast. We started up at Fishguard where we sat in the harbour and had some brunch, we then worked our way all the way down driving coastal country roads with the most beautiful views until we ended up in Marloes looking out at Skomer Island.

The trip was incredible and the sights were like something from our wildest dreams, in this one day we experienced every type of beach you could imagine and we parked up and walked along every single one of them as well as taking lots of photos and skipping some stones! We also collected lots of shells! 

The last beach at Marloes was by far the favourite of the day. The Sat Nav took us to the middle of nowhere and Adam was ready to go home but I knew there must be something good around somewhere as we were right near Skomer Island so I took him down this little footpath and after about 1 mile we found an amazing beach and were looking right out to Skomer Island! The rocks were incredible, the sun was setting, the sea was coming in and insanely rough (so rough that at one point I nearly got washed out to sea and Adam ran off and left me!). We have never seen a place like it, and it was so secluded and quiet. This is definately something that should be on everyone's bucket list! And you can do it all in one day! 

Bricket Wood - Ver Valle

Went on an amazing mini adventure today to Bricket Wood. Me and Adam had never heard of this place before but were invited out by his sister Rachael and her family (3 lovely young boys aged between 1 and 6!) Down some very small country lanes we drove hoping that another car doesn’t drive towards us from the opposite way because we had no idea how or where we would be able to pull in. As we rounded a corner and Rachael parked up we parked up beside her to be greeted by a beautiful little stream flowing right in front of us and some stepping stones stretching over it. The river itself is the River Ver and is one of only around 200 chalk streams in the world! Its pure alkaline water supports an unusual mix of flora and fauna. Me, Adam and the 3 boys were straight into the water! Its a beautiful location and looks to be an amazing place for walkers and families, there were lots of footpaths leading off in all different directions and me and Adam definately intend on going back. There was even a rope swing that Adam couldn’t resist from having a go on! Wildlife was rich there too! I saw the most amazing and tiny light blue butterfly hovering around and did manage to get it to land on my hand for a second but not long enough to catch a photo.