Somerset run to Cheddar - 3rd Feb 2024

[Stuart Davis AO - Devon Cornwall & Somerset]

Weather dependent this one, but I have three hours from 10.15am until 1.15pm on Saturday 3rd Feb and thought I could dive up to Cheddar Gorge and back to make the most of it.

 

Mrs Stu is away for the day, and I will be dropping my small person in Yeovil for 10.15am, then plan to follow the attached route which should get me back in plenty of time. Feel free to join me either from Yeovil or we can meet anywhere enroute. I have a fixed timeline so can’t be late back to Yeovil otherwise….. 😬🤣

 

Let me know if you are interested, might even be nice to catch up with any Bristol area members albeit relatively briefly.@Chris Broster - Bristol & Bath AO @Flying Carrot Steve
 

I will make a call on Friday based on forecast.

[Flying Carrot Steve]

5 hours ago, Stuart Davis (fatblokestu) AO- Devon & Somerset said:

Weather dependent this one, but I have three hours from 10.15am until 1.15pm on Saturday 3rd Feb and thought I could dive up to Cheddar Gorge and back to make the most of it.

 

Mrs Stu is away for the day, and I will be dropping my small person in Yeovil for 10.15am, then plan to follow the attached route which should get me back in plenty of time. Feel free to join me either from Yeovil or we can meet anywhere enroute. I have a fixed timeline so can’t be late back to Yeovil otherwise….. 😬🤣

 

Let me know if you are interested, might even be nice to catch up with any Bristol area members albeit relatively briefly.@Chris Broster - Bristol & Bath AO @Flying Carrot Steve
 

I will make a call on Friday based on forecast.

I will keep an eye on the weather Stu 👍👍

[Stuart Davis AO - Devon Cornwall & Somerset]

1 hour ago, Flying Carrot Steve said:

I will keep an eye on the weather Stu 👍👍

Looks ok at the moment; cloudy but no rain forecast 🤞🤞

[Flying Carrot Steve]

21 hours ago, Stuart Davis (fatblokestu) AO- Devon & Somerset said:

Looks ok at the moment; cloudy but no rain forecast 🤞🤞

Met Office and BBC apps are looking pretty iffy for Cheddar now Stu. It could still change though 

[Stuart Davis AO - Devon Cornwall & Somerset]

2 hours ago, Flying Carrot Steve said:

Met Office and BBC apps are looking pretty iffy for Cheddar now Stu. It could still change though 

I’m still keeping the faith Steve 🤣🤣 Currently showing black clouds but no rain. I’ll likely check the satellite images on Saturday morning to make a final decision.

 

[Flying Carrot Steve]

14 hours ago, Stuart Davis (fatblokestu) AO- Devon & Somerset said:

I’m still keeping the faith Steve 🤣🤣 Currently showing black clouds but no rain. I’ll likely check the satellite images on Saturday morning to make a final decision.

 

Thats very odd Stu because it was and still is showing Cheddar as raining on my app! How the heck does that happen?!

[Flying Carrot Steve]

14 hours ago, Stuart Davis (fatblokestu) AO- Devon & Somerset said:

I’m still keeping the faith Steve 🤣🤣 Currently showing black clouds but no rain. I’ll likely check the satellite images on Saturday morning to make a final decision.

 

Met Office is even worse. I'll keep an eye on it but I have to be honest and say it's starting to look unlikely I will be able to get there now. Not just the weather but I got a buyer for another kit I own yesterday so I'm swapping garages so I can work at home this weekend on the one being sold. Has to be done tomorrow as it's the only time I'll have help to unload it and swap them over. Good luck with the wet stuff if you do go. Do you have weather gear? 

 

I'm sure we can meet up this year though, soon as decent weather arrives. Maybe we can find a venue where are you guys and all us lot from up here could rendezvous for a coffee etc? I'm sure @Chris Broster - Bristol & Bath AO would be up for that?

 

There's a place in the Mendips not far from Cheddar Gorge called The Castle of Comfort (great name) I've never used it but bikers meet there so must be half decent. That might be worth a look. Huge car park!

 

Or maybe somewhere south of the Mendips if you know of anywhere? Plenty of time to arrange anyway. Get loads of cars there, a joint manoeuvre, great picture and story opportunity for the Westfield World magazine! 

[Flying Carrot Steve]

[Flying Carrot Steve]

Just now, Flying Carrot Steve said:

BOOOOO! Well it is only February I suppose 

[Stuart Davis AO - Devon Cornwall & Somerset]

Oh poo, not looking great but I may brave it anyway. I do have a half hood, half doors and wind deflectors so it is quite well protected.

 

Would be great to meet up with Bristol area cars, so stay in touch and we will see what we can do when the weather improves.

[Stuart Davis AO - Devon Cornwall & Somerset]

I’m going to give this a go! Satellite looks ok, some rain over Ireland currently, loosely coming this way but I suspect that will die out before getting here. I’ll leave the roof and doors on anyway, might be greasy out there but will take it steadily.

 

At very least, I’ll drop the short person in Yeovil then head up to Somerton to say hello to @Roger Goodliff. Hopefully we will then head up to Cheddar and loop back round again. All being well, we will be around Cheddar around 11.15 to 11.30.

[Flying Carrot Steve]

2 hours ago, Stuart Davis (fatblokestu) AO- Devon & Somerset said:

I’m going to give this a go! Satellite looks ok, some rain over Ireland currently, loosely coming this way but I suspect that will die out before getting here. I’ll leave the roof and doors on anyway, might be greasy out there but will take it steadily.

 

At very least, I’ll drop the short person in Yeovil then head up to Somerton to say hello to @Roger Goodliff. Hopefully we will then head up to Cheddar and loop back round again. All being well, we will be around Cheddar around 11.15 to 11.30.

Good luck mate, hope it stays dry for you

[Stuart Davis AO - Devon Cornwall & Somerset]

Well, it didn’t stay dry, but we had a good run up to Cheddar and back. I met Roger in Somerton, and we headed North past Glastonbury, Meare and on to Cheddar. The weather got worse as we went on, drizzly rain and then up in the clouds on top of the hills.

 

We had a good run up through the gorge, not much other traffic around. The roads were quite slick but quite manageable. We took it steady, it was just good to be out and about. Roger was topless with a coat and looked quite happy, I had my half hood on and stayed nice and dry.

 

I’m back in Yeovil in plenty of time to pick my daughter up, so this is an easily repeatable run if it happens to be my turn!

 

I had the Insta 360 running, so I’ll see if there is anything decent on there and will post it up here and on FB.

[Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative]

Excellent that you and Roger made it out, I love your determination and will look forward to any footage that you can show us.

 

The best bit is that you shared it with us in here 👍thank you

[Flying Carrot Steve]

5 hours ago, Stuart Davis (fatblokestu) AO- Devon & Somerset said:

Well, it didn’t stay dry, but we had a good run up to Cheddar and back. I met Roger in Somerton, and we headed North past Glastonbury, Meare and on to Cheddar. The weather got worse as we went on, drizzly rain and then up in the clouds on top of the hills.

 

We had a good run up through the gorge, not much other traffic around. The roads were quite slick but quite manageable. We took it steady, it was just good to be out and about. Roger was topless with a coat and looked quite happy, I had my half hood on and stayed nice and dry.

 

I’m back in Yeovil in plenty of time to pick my daughter up, so this is an easily repeatable run if it happens to be my turn!

 

I had the Insta 360 running, so I’ll see if there is anything decent on there and will post it up here and on FB.

I'm glad you went Stu, well done for not letting the west country weather defeat you!