Cheddar Gorge & Wookey Hole Somerset England Road Trip
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- After decades of trying, I FINALLY get to visit Cheddar Gorge... a very cheesy and beautiful spot in Southern England. Come along on our wee road trip as we stop in Cheddar and also Wookey Hole... another home to some delicious CHEESE!
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I live about 70 miles away in Oxford, and I'd never visited or really even seen pics of Cheddar gorge /Wookey hole until i went last year. I thought "How the hell did i miss this? Its stunning!"
Yes, Cheddar Gorge is lovely... I really am desperate to go BACK and spend longer. I need to do a nice Cheddar taste test next time!
So beautiful😍✨. Thank you so much.
We visited Cheddar Gorge on my 50th birthday break. Gough's cave is really impressive.
I really want to go back! And by the way, I only really started exploring Wiltshire this past summer. Lovely place too! Hoping to work on a vlog or two of Wiltshire in the coming months...
That’s a gorgeous drive. Glad you are finally visiting!!! Hahahaha - I feel your pain! So glad you made it though!! It’s such a pretty place, very touristy, but super pretty! Mmm love strawberries!!! Ah thanks for the shout out!!! Yes!! I really feel your pain! Glad we both got to do what we wanted this summer!! Oh goodness and a Christmas shop. He’s bopping along to jingle bells on the couch!! Oh no poor drone! Well done for getting it going. Great shots Ian. I’ve not been to cheddar or Wookey hole since I was a child. You’ve made us want to return!! Great video - cheers 🍻
If you make it back to Cheddar, I want a photo of Wills in front of the Christmas shop! Cheers for watching! XX
@@MagentaOtterTravels consider it done!!!
We remember that @postcardandapint video. It was very good. Great drone footage Ian. Wookie is a great name for anything!
I agree on all counts! I know y’all are Star Wars fans too 😉
Cheddar is an awesome place!!!
I loved it and need to go back!
All I knew of cheddar was that's where the cheese came from. I was embarrassingly deficient in my knowledge of Cheddar, or Somerset for that matter. What a gorgeous place. For a cheese toasty loving lad I would be in my element with all that cheddar. My cheese shelf is chockers with varieties of cheddar. Mostly from Oz but one from Snowdonia (thanks Postcard and a Pint). Funny you should mention Rach and Wills picking strawbs for the first time in 25 years. We went berry picking in January for the first time in a decade or two as well. 2022 must be the year of the berry. And we're going to give it another burl after Christmas. I have videos of our berry picking coming so stayed tuned in 2025 or something.
Loved this not too cheesy intro to Cheddar. Dare I say it was Tasty. Some great drone work from Ian too. Now I have to try and stopping roaring like Chewy. 🐻😂
I'd like to hear your Chewy impersonation! Yes, I will clear my calendar for 2025 so I can watch your berry picking vlog, LOL!
Enjoyed the premiere and loved seeing all the yummy goodies from Somerset! Brilliant! 🙋♀🙋♀💕
Cheers, Luv! XX I hope you had a nice Thanksgiving!
❤your content is well enough to inspire and guide others (the best way ; to appreciate is to visit) like 99 🥀
Oh I love cheddar gorge and Wookey hole so much- sad you didn’t go in the caves- but happy you saw some cheese. Watch out for the witch!!!!
It WAS sad!!! MUST.GO.BACK! Need to see the caves (I'll avoid the witch) and Toplady's rock and have a CHEESE TASTE TEST!!! You going to Britain this summer? THAT would be a great collab!!! Cheers! Dara
Gorgeous video! Only cheddar made in cheddar is a nice claim to fame!
Yes, indeed. The only trouble is I didn’t get to try any! Must go back and get some next time!
@@MagentaOtterTravels 😔😔
The castle is Banwell castle, it is near the village of Winscombe where I used to live about 35 yers ago. It is clearly visable on google earth. When I lived there I took my seven year old daughter to Banwell castle for a birthday treat, just me and her. We had a traditional strawberry cream tea with scones. My little girl just loved going to that old castle where she was treated like a lady.
I have just done a quick google search and it would appear that they now have a restaurant and bed and breakfast so you can stay there if you want.
Thanks for the context! You are a good dad. So fun to hear about your cream tea date with your daughter. I'm sure that is a very sweet memory for you both. Cream tea with strawberries is something I miss when I'm in Texas!!
Here for the cheese! 🦾📺🧀
Thanks bro!
You've got me hankering for a cheese and pickle sandwich! 🤤 Also the castle you passed at the start I think is called Banwell Castle.
I always have a hankering for a cheese & pickle sandwich! haha
Thanks for helping to solve the castle mystery! Cheers! Dara
Bring out the Branston 😃
Oh wow! You went to Nynehead fruit farm!
I love walking there from home each summer!
I even made a video of a walk I did there last year from Wellington.
Nynehead Fruit Farm put up a Facebook notification today saying that the fridge is full for the first time this year.
I can not wait to get my regular summer fix of Nynehead strawberries. It’s just a very short cycle ride from home.
Fantastic Cheddar footage and the drone shots were stunning. It’s such a spectacular area. I went to Cheddar the other day but only had time to walk and eat a cheesy lunch!
I have not been to Wookey Hole, so it was lovely to see it. Great video!
I wasn't able to do a cheesy lunch in Cheddar, which was very disappointing! We actually were pressed for time because I filmed my Wells Cathedral video later that same day!
Ian's cousin and his husband who were in the Wells video were the ones who took us to nine head. They used to live very close to that farm. ❤️🍓
I will go sub to your channel and check out your content.👍
Cheers Dara
@@MagentaOtterTravels I watched your Wells one and really enjoyed it. I have not watched the cathedral one yet. I look forward to watching that one. I love Wells! I have not covered it on my channel yet. Thanks so much for subbing 🤗
Next time we're there we'll have to visit the caves, see the "Rock of Ages" rock, and eat some cheddar.
ABSOLUTELY! I think I need to film a cheddar taste test in the gorge!
I love a sharp cheddar along with a sweet apple. Ian wonderful drone shots (I’ve never gotten our drone more than 4 feet in the air..it’s in the original box) Hope you have a video in the vault of the caves!!! Great video Dara! ~Cara 💖
As usual, we were trying to pack too much into one day! Visiting the caves and eating cheddar cheese will have to happen next time 🙄🤓
After watching this I made myself melted extra mature cheddar on sourdough toast, accompanied by pickled onions. Haven't been to Cheddar for decades but I do recommend a trip into the caves when you go again.
Sounds delicious! I think I have convinced Ian that we need to go back to Cheddar again. Need to see the church, the caves, the rock of ages, and do a cheddar cheese taste test!!!
@@MagentaOtterTravels I'd forgotten about the rock. "Rock of ages, cleft for me. Let me hide myself in thee". From memory, something like that!
@@garylancaster8612 yes, we did visit the church with the monument to the man who wrote the song.
SURPRISE CASTLE!
CAKERY!
Sounds like your kind of road trip! Lol
That was so wonderful to see! So glad you finally got to all these wonderfully cheesy places Dara!
Susan, I'm so glad to hear that you've eaten Wookey Hole cheese!! Canada has so many international foods! Thanks for watching! XX Dara
Love it. We love Cheddar Gorge. It’s a stunning place and Ian’s drone footage really did it full justice. Sheesh but lucky it still worked!!
Another cool tour Dara. 👍👍👍
Yes, I am very thankful that lil drone "bounced back" and captured some nice footage for us after all! I'm glad you have been able to experience the beauty of Cheddar in person. Cheers, Dave!
The cheese looks very delicious.You get a real appetite for Cheddar.👍☺💙
Yes, I love cheese! What is your favourite kind of cheese?
Medieval Gouda , Cheddar and blue white wold cheese. It`s so delicious.🥰👍@@MagentaOtterTravels
@@blondkatze3547 I lived in the Netherlands for a summer and loved eating Edam and Gouda. Now I want to try that blue white wold cheese though!
@@MagentaOtterTravels I think every country in europe has its delicious cheese specialities. Have a nice Advent time.
@@blondkatze3547 thanks you too! 🎄
You should have wrapped the cheese in newspaper and put it in the rear footwell….or always carry a cool box and a freshly prepared gel freezer slab..to pop your perishable Cadbury goodies in….its good for taking home freezer stuff from Waitrose too.
Leaving cheddar gorge without cheddar !…that’s like leaving Bourneville without Roses..
We were not prepared!
Well having been to the Roquefort Caves I'll definitely have to go to Cheddar! What a lovely video. So pleased the drone survived and recovered to be bale to show that gorgeous gorge. Thanks Dara and Ian. Have. a lovely Sunday. 🙏 💖 🇳🇱 🙋♀ 🇳🇿
Yes, when I was watching your Roquefort video I was definitely thinking about the caves in Cheddar! Such a pity I didn’t get to go inside them this trip. But I’m determined to go back!
I love the random castle! That's what's so great about living in the UK, we're surrounded by history. Lovely video as usual and I'm so glad the drone was fixable. The footage was wonderful.
Yes, that’s what I love as well! Northumberland is the best example of that in my experience…. It seems every road you drive a long has some random ruin of a castle! Always fun to see what a road trip will bring!
And yes, I was very glad that wee drone bounced back and Ian was able to capture that lovely footage of the gorge . Cheers! XX Dara
Love visiting cheesy places, Dara and Ian. As long as they don't begin with Chuck E! Never knew there was a town called Cheddar set among such gorgeous scenery with beautiful cliffs. We certainly didn't know about Wookey Hole! Thanks so much for the wonderful tour.
Thanks for coming along on my cheesy tour! YES, definitely better than visiting a place with mediocre pizza and a huge rat!
Cheddar is the birthplace of REAL legit cheddar. I love Wisconsin, but ... that orange stuff there just isn't the same ;-) Have a great week! XX Dara
That was an amazing video! You really do take us to some fantastic places which embarrassingly i’ve never been to! Glad Ians drone survived, the aerial footage was great! We are huge cheese eaters so loved this cheesy Chewbacca approved trip! ❤🇺🇸
I can never say Wookey without thinking about Chewbacca!!
I am not sure if I am going to put this on my bucket list...just kidding 😉 But the visit might be disastrous for Philippe's waistline. 😂
Just make him do lots of hiking up and down the hills ;-)
Dara. Another great video. Years ago there used to be a railway via Cheddar to the coast with connections to the rest of the UK. The line was known as “The Strawberry Line”. The line, along with many in the UK were closed under Dr, Beeching in the 60’s. An organisation has been set up to rebuild and re-open the line. My dad was a fruiterer and greengrocer and during the summer strawberry season. Dad would buy strawberries in and if the weather had been bad then at shop closing time if there were loads of punnets of berries left he would bring them home with the raspberries as he was closed on Monday’s they wouldn’t keep till next week. So for us, my two brothers mum & dad we would have berries with everything/ strawberries on your Cornflakes is different!. We’d have raspberries in a half-pint schooner topped with ice-cream. Our ice cream came from our local Italian cafe, Cavina’s. All home made Italian ice cream. This was the time when re-fridgeraters and freezers were rare in homes.
What a delightful childhood summer filled with fresh berries all you can eat! And local ice cream! YUM!
I was looking up the castle on Google maps and saw a marker for "Strawberry Line" near Winscombe.
A good dry scrumpy will make your gums recede from your teeth. In the west country nearly every farm would make its own, you could tell the quality of it by how badly the roadside sign was made!! I think a lot of that has gone now, thanks to tighter laws. Probably a good thing, some of the rotgut you could get was pretty lethal.😵😵💫
Well, you are making me grateful that I don’t drink, alcohol beverages 😂… sounds horrid! 😳
Forget italian cheeses forget french cheeses... Cheddar...the best cheese in the world....even on pizza
I'm a big fan of cheddar! I'd like to return to Cheddar Gorge when I have more time and do a proper taste test there of the different types of cheddar on offer which are made locally!
My friend in the UK suggested Cheddar Gorge to me and the name still makes me smile. The word Cheddar to me just brings up the image of cheese, so a gorge made of cheese is what I imagine! Gough is a famous name in Australia as Gough Whitlam (referred to mainly as just Gough as he was the only person around with that name!) was a well known politician and former Prime Minister.
I always think of a gorge made out of cheddar cheese as well! And then it makes me want to eat cheese 😂💖🧀
Take my like now, will do everything i can to finish work early for this one! 🧀 👍
No worries! TH-cam will wait for you ;-) XX
@@MagentaOtterTravels we have taken on a massive Whale of a new client which we look after on a Friday so we are still on the honeymoon phase with them. Early finishes are not currently on our remit x
Beautiful drone footage, once Ian had sorted things out. The gorge is already on my ever-expanding list! We love cheese too!
Cheese is so good! Yes, I'm so glad the drone "bounced back" and captured some nice footage for Ian!! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving, Ruth! XX
@@MagentaOtterTravels We did! ❤️
Cheddar is great…..caves and cheese
It's a pretty special place!
After waiting so long to explore Cheddar, I'm sorry the hot weather prevented you from enjoying the tourists' delights and, more importantly, taking proper Cheddar cheese away with you! Superb drone phtography, Ian; so pleased it didn't fail permanently. Your vlog is a great tourist promo - we'll definitely visit next time we're in the area! Somerset tourist office ought to be queueing up to buy your video!
(BTW: I replayed your introduction to check that you weren't referring to carpentry (rout) but finding the right way there (route)!)
Yes, route is one of those words that Americans and Britons pronounce differently... although not all Americans pronounce it the same way! Very confusing... LOL
I now need to go BACK to Cheddar for a nice hike and a cave visit and a cheese taste test, don't you agree?
@@MagentaOtterTravels Absolutely! Especially in view of your penchant for cheese!
Hi Dara,
I am very happy for you that you finally made it to visit Cheddar Garge. I think everybody has some places on the bucket list sitting for a long time ready to cross out. I wonder how Cheddar Gorge and well-known cheese-making are related to each other. This natural beauty of the landscape enhances the taste of cheese? The drone footage is very much appreciated. Indeed, it is no go to take many kinds of cheese home with you, but did you enjoy tasting them? Anything new? Or anything in particular you like? Thank you very much for taking us on your yummy adventure. Sorry I couldn't make your premiere. My double is visiting from AU and staying with me for several weeks. She is a strong cancer survivor..
I am glad that you were able to spend time with your visitor! That is more important than my video for sure! Thanks so much for watching and commenting. The cheddar cheese is actually aged inside the caves! Isn’t that cool? Unfortunately, I didn’t get to taste any on this trip, but I very much look forward to returning another time for a cheddar cheese taste test!💖🧀
@@MagentaOtterTravels Thank you. Look forward to it. Fingers crossed that my double and I won't get in trouble. She decided to stay with me till the mid-Jan.👩🦰👩🦰
@@ms.kayak7seas fun! What do you mean by “double”?
@@MagentaOtterTravels 🤔🤔
It looks pretty much as I remember it
These prehistoric rocks tend to not change much
@@MagentaOtterTravels 😅 I ment the town
You should have done the caves, it's always cool in side
I know, right?! A cave or a cathedral is the place to be when its 36 C outside!
Think that's Banwell castle, which I believe is run as a hotel. Not a very old castle, but I am sure it would be fun to stay there.
It might not be ancient, but it is very castley looking, so yes it probably would be fun to stay there! Cheers for the comment! Dara
@@MagentaOtterTravels I don't live in a castle, but do live in a house that dated back to the 15th century. So most 18th century is modern in comparison lol
@@xhogun8578 yes, it’s definitely all relative! Around here, anything more than 70 years old is considered ancient! Lol
This had better not be one of those cheesy videos 🤣🤣🤣
On this channel... you are guaranteed cheesiness! In both meanings of the word! LOL
Love me some cheese 😁
Same here, my friend! Thanks for watching my cheesy video! Cheesy cheers! Dara
fun fiction: Wookey hole use to be called Chewies butt.
Ian use to be a Gough or a Goth. lol
I liked that they had an honest bag next to the strawberries. we have roadside stalls that have honesty boxes here, where the farmers sell fruit, veg and flowers.
Very amusing and creative fiction, Jean! Yes, those roadside fruit stalls are awesome. There are lots around Gloucestershire and Herefordshire as well... kind of "vending machine" setup. Love 'em!
man!Good night~that is unreal , would you like a promo?! 👏
I took a day trip here and made a similar video on my channel! The history is amazing! 👍
Next time I MUST do a cheese taste test when I visit Cheddar!
yoy really fo need to allocate a day to Explore the Gorge properly and do the biggest cave tour and be amazed I did it a long time ago at times we were crossing chasms on metal bridges doing the the usual junk is there an echo in here here here etc
I know, we are miserably consistent in always trying to do TOO MUCH TOO FAST! I really do want to go back and spend a leisurely day there hiking, cave visiting and EATING cheese!!! Cheers, Bill!
We actually bought something from the Christmas shop
Really? that one in Cheddar? BTW, I'm done with my Christmas shopping ;-)
@@MagentaOtterTravels is that "done with" as completed/finished or never again 🤔
@@wencireone mission completed 👍 ✅
I will get the crackers ready.
Nice!
Do you mean that some people don't put the clotted cream on their scone first.
Cheese scones are also good made with mature cheddar.
In my Wells city vlog I showed the cheese scones they had at the Cathedral Cafe... they looked so good!
Are you taking the mickey? I assume you are British and aware that Cornish folk insist that putting jam on the scone first is the superior way. But I happen to disagree ;-) Cheers! Dara
@@MagentaOtterTravels Only slightly. I am from Devon, our bitterest dispute with the Cornish is the scone debate. We treat the clotted cream as it it was butter which is logical.
@@johnclements6614 I agree with the butter analogy 100%! You are newer to my channel, I believe, but I have posted several videos on this topic. Always gets peoples knickers in a knot! Have you seen all of my Devon videos? We have had some wonderful adventures both in south and north Devon! I really love the county. And the next two weeks I’m hoping to post 2 more videos of Devon…. Very OTTERY videos! 🦦💖
The best cheddar i ever ate was from a sweaty truc bought in cheddar gorge…
I believe it! Sounds fun ;-)
1:05 - Rowt?
I know, I know. All the Britons are getting their knickers in and knot about that!🤣
Help! Rout instead of root! How many times have you been to the UK? It's the French word route, pronounced root!
Sorry about my snide comment, no offence meant.
Beautiful video.
The problem with me is that I say both root and rout and I don't notice which I am saying until later... after the video is done and the Britons get their knickers in a twist! LOL
@@MagentaOtterTravels Glad you call us Britons and not Brits. That really would get my knickers in a twist!
@@jillhobson6128 heehee… I try my best 🤓
Isn't there also Somerset Brie?
Probably! There are over 600 kinds of cheese in England... too many to keep track of LOL!
@@MagentaOtterTravels Its interesting that many UK cheeses are named after the area they come from, cheddar, red Leicester, double Gloucester, Wensleydale.
@@davebirch1976 my favourite British brie is made in Berkshire and is called Waterloo! Interesting name that does NOT sound very English ;-)
@@MagentaOtterTravels however there is a Waterloo train station in London 😉
So now you have to go back again 🙄
Yes! To see the church, the "rock of ages", the caves, and EAT SOME CHEDDAR! I think a cheese taste test might be in order, right? I told my friend Christa she needs to come back and do that with me!
I love Somerset but always found cheddar gorge rather disappointing and touristy.
The gorge itself is beautiful, but the town is WAY too touristy! And Wookey Hole too... they have a bit of a theme park feel to them and seem to be priced that way too.
Watch out for that scrumpy!!
I think you can only get the real thing at farms instead of pubs or the shops because the alcohol level is too high for an alcoholic beverage that isn't distilled.
There are at least two brands that you can buy at the shops but they're not the real thing.
The producers will tell you that since scrumpy is made with only apples, sometimes cooking pears, and sugar that it's a 'clean' alcoholic beverage and won't give you a hangover.
This is very very much NOT true.
The taste can vary from batch to batch even made with the same apples by the same producer because it relies on wild yeast strains that are naturally occurring on the skins of the apples to make it alcoholic.
The taste is pretty good and it's really an artisan product that's not rot gut or moonshine.
But I'd stay away from even one pint unless you're in the UK for a long enough that having to spend half the next day in bed with a nasty hangover will not ruin you itinerary or make you feel dumb because you're only there for 5 days and now you're going to be missing out on something.
Plus you're likely to only encounter it in places that aren't public transport friendly.
And of course you should never drink and drive to begin with. Imaging driving on the left while sitting on the right hand of the car and maybe even being not so familiar with a manual transmission car.
It's a recipe for disaster so don't do it.
But do enjoy the berries and especially the cheese that's local to that area as it's amazing.
Your cautionary tale sounds like perhaps you have some personal experience?? I'm glad I don't drink... I'm perfectly happy to enjoy the cheese and the berries! I am already plotting my return to Cheddar and a Cheese Taste Test! It simply must be done! Thanks for your comment, Christian!
@@MagentaOtterTravels Yes it was most certainly personal experience but at least I didn't lose a travel day as some of my buddies and I had decided to take a long weekend to go to Cheddar and Glastonberry and around that region.
We were't exactly broke college kids but back then we did travel more on the cheap so the next day we decided to go by bus from Cheddar back to London.
It was the longest worst bus ride I've ever had in my life!
Cheddar to London via Southampton!!
Three different busses!!
But it's probably good that I learned this travel lesson when I was 20 because I'm not so sure I could have flown from Dallas to London in that condition.
Heck I'm not sure I could have flown from Dallas to San Antonio.
So yes now for me all the fresh produce and much more cheese than I ever eat here but maybe just one beer or a really good glass or two of wine.