Somerset Village - Nice ones to live in

[R12many]

Not far from me. Some great roads up over Exmoor, just not at moment as they're covered in mud! Went out with my son for a blast to Bampton this morning and it took 2 hours to clean the crap off. Get used to that!

[egor110]

Frenchda said:

Thanks all. Spent a week mooching (although I drove back to Reading twice for meetings!) and viewed many cottages.

Compromised on distance and just increased my weekly commute but I think we have found our happy!

Stogumber - offer on a house today! This sts suddenly got very real .

Oh and the Reading house just sold!!!

Edited by Frenchda on Friday 20th October 13:19

Nice one .

i used to collect the post from the post office there .

[guitarcarfanatic]

Congrats and good luck

[Lukeypoodle]

Was about to hop in and recommend Priddy but it sound spike you've done rather well anyway in finding a place.


Always worth a trip into Minehead for brunch at the Toucan from there.

[Frenchda]

Lukeypoodle said:

Was about to hop in and recommend Priddy but it sound spike you've done rather well anyway in finding a place.


Always worth a trip into Minehead for brunch at the Toucan from there.

Booze lunch and get the steam train home

[Doofus]

What's Martock like?

[AlmostUseful]

Congratulations, Stogumber is a lovely village, in fact we’ve just got planning permission for 350 houses and a premier Inn to serve Hinckley C between Hill Street and Vellow Road. Not to worry, only 20% of the units are affordable.


Just kidding. Lovely area, some cracking walks to be had on the quanocks there, Great Wood at Ramscombe and the brook along Holborn are good starting places.

Welcome to Somerset! (Says the Welshman....)

[AlmostUseful]

Doofus said:

What's Martock like?

One of my colleagues lives there, they have a tennis club and at least 1 pub/restaurant as far as I can remember. What more do you need?

[Doofus]

AlmostUseful said:

One of my colleagues lives there, they have a tennis club and at least 1 pub/restaurant as far as I can remember. What more do you need?

Thank you. I know somebody who has bought there, and I wondered if he'd acidentaly moved to a noisy, busy town, rather than the large-ish village he was hoping for.

[sgrimshaw]

Frenchda said:

Anybody want to buy a boat!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mariner-550r-with-15hp-...

There's a chap a few posts up who has a friend who lives in Othery .... he might be interested

[egor110]

AlmostUseful said:

Congratulations, Stogumber is a lovely village, in fact we’ve just got planning permission for 350 houses and a premier Inn to serve Hinckley C between Hill Street and Vellow Road. Not to worry, only 20% of the units are affordable.


Just kidding. Lovely area, some cracking walks to be had on the quanocks there, Great Wood at Ramscombe and the brook along Holborn are good starting places.

Welcome to Somerset! (Says the Welshman....)

I run up on the quantocks so if you want any new routes give me a shout.

[AlmostUseful]

Cheers, I rarely go up there now to be honest. Used to ride the Xc bike up on the hill but tend to just smash some downhills now at Triscombe starting off at the stone when I get a chance.
We’re over in Burnham, so it’s pretty frustrating to see the north side of the aqua rocks from our beach knowing they’re near as damnit a 45 minute drive!

[egor110]

In that case you'd know most my routes anyway as I've nicked them from mtbers.

Went up there this evening and not a soul up there.

[AlmostUseful]

Too cold and foggy for us ponces!

[Welshbeef]

Depends on how rural you want to go.

North and South Cadbury are lovely little villages with Yeovil + Wincanton + Castle Carey very close (direct train to Oaddington ie stops in Reading).
Those areas are 90 mins from Reading BUT Stonehenge can screw up travel plans

[egor110]

AlmostUseful said:

Too cold and foggy for us ponces!

It was clear up there didn't hit fog until cothelstone/lydeard

[Welshbeef]

I love the Cidar of Sommerset. So varied so local so yummy.

[AlmostUseful]

Welshbeef said:

Depends on how rural you want to go.

North and South Cadbury are lovely little villages with Yeovil + Wincanton + Castle Carey very close (direct train to Oaddington ie stops in Reading).
Those areas are 90 mins from Reading BUT Stonehenge can screw up travel plans

Good god man, in what world is that a benefit?

[df76]

Buying a house in Wells and should be in by Xmas.. already looking forward to my first evening in the Sheppey.

[Thorburn]

AlmostUseful said:

Welshbeef said:

Depends on how rural you want to go.

North and South Cadbury are lovely little villages with Yeovil + Wincanton + Castle Carey very close (direct train to Oaddington ie stops in Reading).
Those areas are 90 mins from Reading BUT Stonehenge can screw up travel plans

Good god man, in what world is that a benefit?

Well, Cary is alright.