Despite Rob's very convincing Brizzle accent, neither of us had visited Bristol before. As it was less than an hour away, we thought we would include a trip to Bristol in our holiday plans. We arrived mid-morning after a breakfast of coffee and pastries.
First on the agenda was to have a look around the Christmas Market. Although it was very festive, it just couldnt compare to the Bath Christmas Market. We did stop for a chocolate covered marshmellow though, which was very tasty. That also didn't stop us from popping into Ben's cookies when we came across the main shopping centre. Ben's Cookies are THE best, ever!
We spent most of our time in Bristol shopping in the centre. The centre had everything that we could have asked for, including Harvey Nicks and my new favourite shop - Oliver Bonas. We got a fair few of our Christmas presents sorted.
They were plenty of restaurant chains in the shopping centre. Rob was desperate to try Five Guys. Although I hadn't had the best burger previously at Five Guys in Bluewater, I agreed. I must say that the Bristol Five Guys was loads better. I love the fact you can completely customise your burger with toppings. We also shared a bag of chips, which were very good. Rob was delighted by the drinks machine. He made a concoction of peach sprite, lemon sprite and lemon lucozade.
The best thing about Bristol was definitely the food. Its a shame to say that the shopping area was a bit run down and there just wasn't much to do once we had been to the big shops. After a lot of eating we were ready to head home and walk off the food.
The first set of pictures are from a hilltop walk we took Nell on the day before. We walked up the steepest hill we had ever walked in our lives, but we were finally greeted by beautiful views across Somerset.
For our walk after Bristol we headed back to Cheddar Nature reserve. We started our walk a little later than previous walks but we still got to see some beautiful sights. One of the best moments of the holiday was on this walk. Nell saw something in the distance so ran off after it. She soon realised it was another dog so started running back towards us. The other dog was a greyhound puppy that was 13 months old! All of a sudden they started playing together. Although, Nell had already walked for a good 40 minutes, she chased the other greyhound for ages. It was wonderful to see them sprinting up all the big hills. Nelli was exhausted afterwards but it was such a heartwarming moment.
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