Cheddar joint trip with St. Albans Group

In December before the snow some of joined the St. Albans group for a trip to Cheddar.

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This is the Annex of Cheddar YHA Hostel which was rented just for us. (Now called "Escape To")

On Saturday we had an enormous meal brought by various members of the hostellers and entertainment provided by way of a murder mystery evening. We all through ourselves into our various parts with a gusto and some very appropriate costumes were also worn (Jo gets a special mention).


This is the Hood monument with Glastonbury Tor in the distance


Us walking back to the Hostel through Cheddar

Although grey, a good Somerset walk

Our lunch stop under a Yew in the churchyard in Cheddar

Glastonbury Canal close to Street

The murmeration is not guaranteed, and is sometimes far better than others, if you wish to go, I gather the best time is December and January (but you can always check on the internet). There were dozens of people, bird watchers and similar there enjoying the countryside, and wildlife. A beautiful area well worth visiting.

Cheddar December2009 Before the Snow!

We did a short walk from the hostel and then went to Street and to the RSPB reserve at Ham Wall to see the starlings coming down to roost over the Somerset levels. Beautiful clear (cold) evening with thousands of birds flying in with the sunset as a backdrop, we all agreed definitely worth doing!





Some of us visited the local pubs, good food, variety of real ale, atmosphere and on Saturday night a Skiffle band.


Of course on Sunday we had to walk to the top of Cheddar Gorge

A bit of Somerset Countryside

There are goats in the Gorge

A starling murmeration against the sunset

To see more photos of our trip look at the Cheddar folder in the bogtrotters photos + many more of our various trips.
Those of us who went would like to thank the members of St. Albans for organising this trip - we were made to feel very welcome - and hope some of their group will join us on one in due course (or perhaps we can do a joint walk when we can find a suitable date in both groups Programmes).