Catching a break in the January weather, we took Lizzie out for a 4 night trip to the Waterrow Touring Park near Wiveliscombe in Somerset.
Lovely adult only all year round site set in a valley. The river Tone runs behind the site so you drift off to sleep with the sound of the river and serenaded by owls through the night. Facilities are clean and warm, useful information area, dog walking field, short walk trail by river. Pitches are fully serviced with water pipes and grey water drainage – need a long enough pipe though. We left our waste open to avoid frosting up with a bucket underneath as our hose wasn’t long enough!!
Tried out the new windscreen thermal cover and it certainly reduced the condensation and kept it all warmer so that was a good buy.
Lovely walk to Wiveliscombe first day on deserted country lanes – lots of killer hills for those of us who live in a fairly flat part of the UK these days, but with stunning views at the top overlooking mist laden valleys topped with clear blue skies. We had lunch at the Bear Inn with its own brewery- very nice.
Next day was overcast but we went off for a walk along the old Wiveliscombe road – more hills and rounded one corner to see two helicopters parked in a field!! On chatting to a couple of walkers later we found they were probably for the shoot that was happening in the distance. On our return we took a detour up to Chipstable to see its lovely little church and enjoy a sandwich on the bench whilst admiring the views.
Returned to van and cracked open the jigsaw puzzle to test out the puzzle roll we have – seems to be OK.
Rained throughout the night and we were woken up by mad pheasants making their odd noises. Next day the lanes were even muddier. We had hoped to walk over the fields but it was just way too muddy. So we did a small circular walk via the old Tone Viaduct (built by Brunel but now just a couple of pillars as the railway was discontinued in Dr Beechings cuts). Lovely views again in all directions at the top of the hill. We came back via the Rock Inn pub (only opens in the evenings in Jan and Sunday lunchtime) and treated ourselves to a lovely 2 course Sunday lunch, then had a lazy afternoon in the van, puzzle and TV.
This was a lovely winter break away and would recommend this campsite and hope to return to explore further.
