Things to do in Somerset

Flanging_Fred

EricTheWeary said:

Flanging_Fred said:

Drink loads of scrumpy, go joy riding on a tractor and get down to Mr Blobby Land at Cricket St Thomas. Cracking day out.

Stevepage said:

That sounds great for me but she's pregnant, she spoils the fun.

Blobbyland shut down in 1999 so that might be slightly more of a problem. And it was shit. 

Ah yes, but you forget, in Somerset it's still 1997...

starwarsnosebleed

Might be a bit out of your way, but Paignton zoo is well worth a visit. Its massive and theres loads to see.
I go a couple times every year.

Stevepage

Thanks for all the suggestions gents, I'll take note of them all and see what I can come up with.

maltingsaudio

bbill335 said:

Nunogilberto said:

Haynes Motor Museum near Yeovil if you like cars - well worth a visit.

If we're into the realm of lame museums, there is/was a bakelite museum on the way to watchet/minehead

Have you seen Haynes since it was revamped? Good for a morning then Fleet Air Arm Museum in the afternoon then decide what the wife might want to do! ps @LoFi there isnt a Prince of Wales in Priddy its the Queen Victoria,  or New Inn now closed had may silly nigths in both of them doing the folk night thing

57Deluxe

GSPBASSES said:

Nitefly said:

Wells cathedral, Cheddar Gorge, Wookey Hole, West Somerset Railway...

Been there done that got the T-shirts all those great places to go. Especially the Cheddar Gorge, when you drive into the valley you would swear you were in Scotland.

/\ lots of gingers?

ElectroDan

+1 for West Somerset Railway.
Not cheap, but a great way to spend a few hours. We caught the train to Watchet, had a look around the Village and then popped into The Bell Inn for Sunday Dinner. Great food and Beer.

bbill335

maltingsaudio said:

bbill335 said:

Nunogilberto said:

Haynes Motor Museum near Yeovil if you like cars - well worth a visit.

If we're into the realm of lame museums, there is/was a bakelite museum on the way to watchet/minehead

Have you seen Haynes since it was revamped? Good for a morning then Fleet Air Arm Museum in the afternoon then decide what the wife might want to do! ps @LoFi there isnt a Prince of Wales in Priddy its the Queen Victoria,  or New Inn now closed had may silly nigths in both of them doing the folk night thing

Actually, the cogs are moving now. Helicopter museum in Weston, Taunton castle museum (free!). Out of these, I've only been to the Taunton one. I was joking when I said the bakelite/haynes ones were lame.

Grumpyrocker

Stevepage said:

I've booked two nights away in Crewkerne for the Wife's birthday in a brilliant looking cottage. I've not been to Somerset before (we usually drive through to get to Dartmoor) so what is the to look at/do while we're down there? 

We love country walks, little villages and country pubs so I'd imagine it's not hard to find something down there.

Last resort is to just get up early and drive the hour to Dartmoor.

Drive to Dorset, you're about three minutes away.  Head to the coast -  you can be in Westbay (where Broadchuch is filmed) in 20-25 minutes. Or there' s Charmouth and Lyme Regis a little futher along the coast.  All a short drive away.

There's the  Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovil if you want to travel 20 minutes in the other direction. 

DrJazzTap

Don't buy any scrumpy! We did that a few months back, visited a cider barn in the middle of Zumerset and picked some up. Every man had a face full of busted capilares.

 I had a few pints and it finished me off! The alcohol percentage is just a suggestion.!

tone1

Grumpyrocker said:

Stevepage said:

I've booked two nights away in Crewkerne for the Wife's birthday in a brilliant looking cottage. I've not been to Somerset before (we usually drive through to get to Dartmoor) so what is the to look at/do while we're down there? 

We love country walks, little villages and country pubs so I'd imagine it's not hard to find something down there.

Last resort is to just get up early and drive the hour to Dartmoor.

Drive to Dorset, you're about three minutes away.  Head to the coast -  you can be in Westbay (where Broadchuch is filmed) in 20-25 minutes. Or there' s Charmouth and Lyme Regis a little futher along the coast.  All a short drive away.

There's the  Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovil if you want to travel 20 minutes in the other direction. 

Fossil hunting on Charmouth Beach is ace ( but only if you find something) 

koneguitarist

Babones said:

There's an old pub in nearby Hinton-St-George, The Lord Poulett Arms, that you might like. 10 mins or less by car from Crewkerne.

Good food, one of my bands videos is from a gig in the gardens out back. Nice place,

koneguitarist

I can vouch for FAA museum at Rnas Yeovilton, Dave Morris one of the curators nice guy even if he plays a Gibson not a Fender!  

holnrew

I used to work in Clarks Village, I don't recommend it! 

Grumpyrocker

tone1 said:

Fossil hunting on Charmouth Beach is ace ( but only if you find something) 

It's pretty hard not to. Almost everything has at least an ammonite in it. 

I live  in a small village  less than minutes from Crewkerne, so we're often at West Bay, Charmouth etc. Lovely places - until the summer season

EricTheWeary

Flanging_Fred said:

EricTheWeary said:

Flanging_Fred said:

Drink loads of scrumpy, go joy riding on a tractor and get down to Mr Blobby Land at Cricket St Thomas. Cracking day out.

Stevepage said:

That sounds great for me but she's pregnant, she spoils the fun.

Blobbyland shut down in 1999 so that might be slightly more of a problem. And it was shit. 

Ah yes, but you forget, in Somerset it's still 1997...

As recent as that? 

It was still shit. 


If you do end up at Clarks Village the trip has probably gone wrong, it isn't awful but it could be anywhere. 

Ain't much in Crewkerne at all, depends what you are looking for Ham Hill is nice the pub on the top is called the Prince of Wales, bands generally play up there on Sunday afternoons from May onwards. Avoid Yeovil like the plague, nothing but roadworks at the moment. Avoid Martock as well because @firepaulmusic lives there lol. Best place to go is Sherborne but again avoid as I live there! Worth going to Street near Glstonbury, Clarks village for Mrs shopping, and Jaywalk music for you! 

holnrew said:

I used to work in Clarks Village, I don't recommend it! 

Maynehead

EricTheWeary said:

If you do end up at Clarks Village the trip has probably gone wrong, it isn't awful but it could be anywhere. 

Not quite correct...

The best thing about Clarks Village is ofcourse the fact that Jaywalk Guitars is just across the high street. If you manage to set the wife and kids loose in the village with a bit of dosh as persuasion, you will have a field day!

RobDavies

@Stevepage  If you like country pubs, you're not too far from a little village called Sandford Orcas (it's actually in Dorset rather than Somerset).
There's a nice little pub there called The Mitre Inn.  Real ales and proper home cooked food.  There are also plenty of nice walks around there, too. 

http://www.mitreinn.co.uk/

I feel ŷou fancy a chuckle, have a gander at the TV museum in Montacute.  It's a bit wierd and very quirky but fascinating at the same time...

http://www.montacutemuseum.co.uk/

BRISTOL86

There's a nice market in Wells on some Saturdays but not sure if it's every week. 

LoFi

maltingsaudio said:

bbill335 said:

Nunogilberto said:

Haynes Motor Museum near Yeovil if you like cars - well worth a visit.

If we're into the realm of lame museums, there is/was a bakelite museum on the way to watchet/minehead

Have you seen Haynes since it was revamped? Good for a morning then Fleet Air Arm Museum in the afternoon then decide what the wife might want to do! ps @LoFi there isnt a Prince of Wales in Priddy its the Queen Victoria,  or New Inn now closed had may silly nigths in both of them doing the folk night thing

You're quite right. I blame rugby beers on Sunday afternoon.

stickyfiddle

Has anyone mentioned wookey hole yet? 

There's also all of Bath which is a lovely town - the roman baths are worth a look if you haven't been before. 

And there's plenty of gardens and Nat Trust stuff. Stourhead is just into wiltshire but it's a nice walk.