Exmoor House Caravan Club Site Friday 25th December - Tuesday 29th December 2015
Our last trip of the year to our favourite part of the country, Exmoor and the town of Dulverton. We have been aware of the caravan site in Dulverton for many years, even before we had a caravan. With few sites open over the holiday period it seemed an ideal opportunity to escape from the madness that is Christmas. The motorway was very quiet as we headed south on the M5 towards Tiverton on Christmas Day in fact we were so early that we had to pull into a layby so that we wouldn't arrive before the allotted time. We arrived at 1pm and got set up quickly. There were families and friends bustling between caravans sharing food and cooking facilities, an excellent idea if you are going for the traditional lunch.
We had brought our lunch with us which we enjoyed whilst watching the Queens speech, old habits die hard!
We walked in to town as the light was fading, it's surprising how much more you see when there is no one else around. The buildings are very interesting if you take the time to look up.
Sunday morning we decided to walk around some of the sidestreets and explore parts of Dulverton we hadn't seen. We found the historic Dulverton Laundry which continues to provide a service to the local area. The laundry is built above a leat which must have provided the water in years gone by. We continued up the lane to its end where we turned left towards the school, we made our way back into the top of town.
Dulverton has several good food spots and we had wanted to try the Thai restaurant for a long time we decided on takeaway rather than booking a table. The food was excellent and we will definately visit again.
I noticed that some of the plastic has melted on the internal door seal of the microwave not sure how this has happened but will need a replacement.
Monday we visited Westermill farm and spent the morning in the farm kitchen catching up with all the news. Won't be long until we are at Westermill again for lambing.
Had a safe journeyhome on Tuesday.
We had brought our lunch with us which we enjoyed whilst watching the Queens speech, old habits die hard!
Saturday we walked into town for a stroll, the weather is warm at 12 degrees. The sun was trying to break through although the clouds were moving very quickly. We spent the afternoon relaxing on site watching the world go by.
Sunday morning we decided to walk around some of the sidestreets and explore parts of Dulverton we hadn't seen. We found the historic Dulverton Laundry which continues to provide a service to the local area. The laundry is built above a leat which must have provided the water in years gone by. We continued up the lane to its end where we turned left towards the school, we made our way back into the top of town.
Dulverton has several good food spots and we had wanted to try the Thai restaurant for a long time we decided on takeaway rather than booking a table. The food was excellent and we will definately visit again.
I noticed that some of the plastic has melted on the internal door seal of the microwave not sure how this has happened but will need a replacement.
Monday we visited Westermill farm and spent the morning in the farm kitchen catching up with all the news. Won't be long until we are at Westermill again for lambing.
Had a safe journeyhome on Tuesday.
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