Waterrow Touring Park
Monday 16th July dawned hot as had the previous few days, the weather forecast for the next day was even hotter so we did set off in some trepidation. The journey was uneventful down the M5 until junction 27 the North Devon Link road, we didn't have any idea how far it was from the junction as the directions were not brilliant, as it turned out it was much further than we had thought and we were almost at Wiveliscombe when we came upon it. By this time it was very hot outside and we were very thirsty, however, checking in was easy and quick and we received a very friendly welcome from Lynette who escorted us to Pitch no 2, not ideal but the site was very full. We got the kettle on and sat in the shade with a welcome cup of tea for while before tackling the awning which we could not do without as the temperature was rising.
The site was well laid out and the facilities were all in the barn and were very clean, not particularly spectacular. Lynette had told us that the local pub, The Rock, was closed until Tuesday evening so we decided to have ham salad for tea. We took a walk around the site down by the river Tone which was nice and shady and then walked down to see where the pub was, there was no pavement in parts which was a bit dodgy but it was not too far. We spent the evening under the awning and watching the television, the signal was not too bad, better than Start Bay. The sleeping tablet worked a treat and despite the hot day the night was fairly comfortable and we had a good night.
Bacon & egg was on the menu for the next morning and we decided to save the Hunters chicken for tea. The day got gradually hotter and hotter and we sheltered under the awning, I bought a book of walks from the site from the shop and we set off for a walk though the woods where we found some of Brunel's old railway engineering and some welcome shade. We decided that the next day we would take Bobbo to The West Somerset Railway at Bishops Lyddiard I thought I would give them a call to see if we could park the MH, good job I did as they have a height barrier, they said we could park in the approach road but John wasn't very keen on that. The alternative was to drive to Dunster to get the train but that didn't seem very sensible so we binned that idea.
After watching the television we settled down for the night but unlike the night before it was very hot and we had an uncomfortable night with a cuppa at 3.00a.m. and John had a bit of a tummy problem! After a slow start the next morning we had a lovely pub lunch at The Rock, we had fish and chips which were delicious and John had deconstructed cheesecake and I had baked lemon meringue. We strolled back to the site and relaxed in the sunshine. In the evening we put the awning down ready for the morning and had a good nights sleep.
The journey home was interesting as we managed to get lost a little bit before finding the right road, but apart from that hiccup we arrived home unscathed about lunch time.
Given that this is supposed to be an award winning site and one of the Premier and Tranquil parks we were not overly impressed, our pitch could not be described as tranquil as we were in between the entrance and exit roads which was. noisy. The toilets/ showers were very clean but nothing special and the shop was very poor with very little choice or even things to buy. Room for improvement I would say. Still a good break on the hottest two days of the year!!
