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English Counties - SOMERSET - A Whistle Stop Tour

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Peter Evans
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quotePosted at 21:33 on 5th September 2010
Weston Super Mare. The wheel on the sea front.The Wheel
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View of Weston from the Wheel.Weston-super-Mare from the Wheel.
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The sea front from the Wheel.Looking down the front.
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You can still have a donkey ride on the beach at Weston.
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quotePosted at 21:47 on 5th September 2010
Exmoor.The setting for Exmoor Zoo.The setting for Exmoor Zoo.
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Exmoor Zoo.Exmoor Zoo grounds
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Due to the hilly nature of the zoo,anyone with walking,problems can hire Electric wheel chairs from the ticket office.
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quotePosted at 21:51 on 5th September 2010
What a splendid idea - someone was thinking!!  Peter thanks so much for adding the extra "things to do" in Somerset.
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Vince Hawthorn
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quotePosted at 22:29 on 5th September 2010
I have one quick suggestion for Somerset and Westonzoyland! I have not been there since the mid 70's but again stayed in a pub there whilst on a survey and my word of advice is what NOT to do in Somerset. Us surveyors at the time thought it would be good to take on the locals at traditional wooden skittles in the pubs skittle alley,so a match was arranged and we were put up against the locals ladies team.There has never been such a lot of red faced surveyors totally thrashed!!!
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Leave skittles to the locals.
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quotePosted at 22:36 on 5th September 2010
Lol Vince, thanks for the warningSmile
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quotePosted at 00:54 on 6th September 2010
As this is a whistle stop tour,why not go down to Bishops Lydeard for a steam train ride to Minhead on the west Somerset Railway.Bishops Lydeard Station.
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Slowing for a station.
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Edited by: Peter Evans at:6th September 2010 00:59
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quotePosted at 00:58 on 6th September 2010
And here we are at Minehead station.Waiting for the train.
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quotePosted at 01:15 on 6th September 2010
Further north is Bristol. How about a trip on the river Avon in a narrow boat.The River Avon at Bristol.
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quotePosted at 22:10 on 7th September 2010

Here is a little stop off point for POE tour tourists to have a soak up of history.

Farleigh Hungerford Castle, the castle can be found to the west of Trowbridge on the A366.

Farleigh Hungerford Castle was built between 1370 and 1380 by Sir Thomas Hungerford of Heytesbury- 1st speaker of the House of Commons c.1377. It seems the castle and the Hungerfords had a chequered history, at least two Hungerfords were beheaded for aledged treason. More than one of the Hungerfords wives were hung for either killing their husbands or husbands from a previous marriage.

Another Hungerford is said to abused his wife badly and imprisoned her for a time and she claimed he tried to poison her as well. All these claims were never believed because of the high connections of her husband, what turbulant times they lived in.

The castle, Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset.
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Farleigh Hungerford Castle
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The final shot shows St. Anne's chapel, I imagine in those days it was greatly needed.
St Anne's Chapel
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