Mendip Way 2014 Day 3

Saturday 9^th August 2014

Last night I contended with the sounds of church bells as I went to sleep, and then torrential rain as I slept.

This morning on the trail it was much better way-marking, tracks, views, and more well-maintained farms.

Underwood Quarry

Arthur's Point view

Is that Glastonbury Tor I can see from Arthur's Point?

I chatted with a couple with a dog somewhere between Wells and Wookey Hole.

At Wookey Hole I did not pay to enter the caves, but I did visit the caves giftshop from which I bought a gothic wine bottle holder (a bust of a skeleton in rags drinking from a bottle you place on it).  I ended up having to lug this (in it’s box) in a bin liner for the rest of the walk!

I chatted with another guy on the way out of Wookey Hole on the way to Priddy.

Through Ebbor Gorge...

Then on toward Priddy...

Priddy

And beyond...

 I kept seeing a multitude of gliders in the sky, and an old plane

Later I saw a glider being launched using a high-speed winch.

Glider being launched by a winch

 In Draycott...

Then onward...

I got to Cheddar at 3, but the hostel did not open until 5 so I wandered up to the gorge for a look where I bought an ice cream and a litre of cider.

Dinner was at the youth hostel, but I wandered out again after to a pub for a cider (as you weren’t allowed to drink your own alcohol at the hostel).

Day 4