Post by @afewbugs@social.coop

We are celebrating a brief interruption of the drought and the return of the rains in true British fashion by going camping in it, but I thought Mastodon might appreciate how someone else traveled to the campsite

A tandem bike, the first saddle mich higher than the second, locked to a tree support

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Jules she/her

@afewbugs@social.coop 2 days ago

I already knew I liked this campsite a lot, but this sign directing people to the washing up area has just cemented it

A poster on a fence with a caricature style picture of a man scrubbing his way through a pile of dishes. There is an arrow and the text "This is where he does the dishes"

Jules she/her

@afewbugs@social.coop 2 hr. ago

I'm back now and trying to raise my blood caffeine levels to the minimum necessary for work to occur, so it's time for What I Did On My Holidays By Jules Age 44 And 7/12ths. We went to #CheddarGorge and stayed at Petruth Paddocks on the #StrawberryLine, a lovely campsite that seems to have actually been built by people who go camping. There are phone charging lockers! Ample hooks on the shower wall to hang up both your muddy clothes and your clean ones and a baffle to stop both from getting soaked by the shower! Washing machines! A shop that sells batteries and stove gas cannisters! Highly recommended https://www.petruthpaddocks.co.uk/

A no entry sign on a barn wall saying "Over here there be reversing trailers and people pretending they know what they are doing. Please keep out"

Petruth Paddocks | Tel +44 (0) 1934 257055

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Petruth Paddocks is a caravanning and camping site located in Cheddar, Somerset.

Rick Gaehl

@RickGaehl@mstdn.social 1 hr. ago

@afewbugs
https://mstdn.social/@RickGaehl/117183740519698258

Jules she/her

@afewbugs@social.coop 2 hr. ago

#ChaddarGorge is a very craggy and beautiful limestone gorge that was formed during the ice age 1.2 million years ago and now contains several dramatic caves open to tourists and a museum of prehistory, as well as assorted cafes, gift shops selling plush prehistoric fauna, ice cream concessions, crazy golf courses and a shop selling Christmas decorations all year round for no apparent reason.

Rick Gaehl

@RickGaehl@mstdn.social 1 hr. ago

@afewbugs The cheese shop is nice though. And so is the cave-aged cheese.

Jules she/her

@afewbugs@social.coop 2 hr. ago

The first cave we visited was Gough's Cave, which was first opened as a tourist concession in Victorian times by Richard Gough, the son in law and eventual competitor with the owner of Cox's cave further down the valley. He was only able to do so once the old woman who lived in the front of the cave died as she refused to sell it to him, as she made a good living there selling bottles of health giving mineral water from springs in the cave or, in dry years, from a nearby stream. Learning that "obstructive cave crone scamming the gullible" can be a viable career path has led me to reevaluate many of my major life decisions.