We stayed pretty local on our first day in Cheddar. We wanted to explore the local area and what better way than with a nice long country walk with Nelli. We put together a packed lunch of left overs from our tea the night before, wrapped up walk, piled into the car and drove a couple of miles until we reach Cheddar nature reserve. We drove down windy road in the middle of the Gorge. As soon as we arrived, we were blown away by the beauty of the place. It was so pretty and it looked like something out of Lord of the Rings.
The area was so quiet that we were finally allowed to let Nelli off the lead for her walk! We saw a couple of excited spaniels at the beginning and another couple, other than that we were completely alone.
Nelli loved being off her lead. She could explore. She liked to stay ahead of us but kept looking back every few steps to make sure we weren't far away. She is such a sweet, loyal doggie.
We came across a little waterfall with fresh, clear water. Nelli had a little explore of that too.
We left as the sun was going down. We walked for around an hour and half and she was exhausted. We drove back and dropped her home for her to have a sleep.
We then headed to a Wells - the smallest UK city. We had a little look around the shops. I bought a cute cape in the charity shop and Rob bought a flat cap that he was chuffed with.
On the way back we stopped of a Earlydoors - a local cider bar in a converted barn.
I had a beer and after sampling a few local ciders Rob, Rob chose a local pint. It was very strong! The locals were very friendly and the barn was lovely and cosy with a big fire.
For dinner we walked to a pub that had been recommended to us. The walk down country lanes was a bit scary but we made it! I had steak and Rob had venison sausages. The dinner was lovely. Again, fantastic friendly service. I was fully stuffed after my steak and hugely chocolately pudding.
All in all a pretty busy first day.
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