Somerset Holiday July 2006 - page 1
We enjoyed a great week exploring Somerset and on this page we visit
Clarks Village in Street, have a look round the weird and wonderful shops
in Glastonbury, enjoy an Indian meal in Langport and a visit to the Fleet
Air Arm Museum at RNAS Yeovilton. Many of these Somerset pictures
were taken with our new combined camcorder and
digital camera which we've reviewed.
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Here we are then at our cottage in Langport, Somerset in the West Country
ready for our week's holiday exploring the area's attractions.
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On the 1st day we went to the Clarks Village shopping outlet in Street,
mainly to buy some discount tickets for Cheddar later in the week.
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Here's Mike doing some male bonding with a Gorilla outside the Tourist
Information Centre (TIC) in Clarks Village, Street! Dunno what the
Gorilla thought!
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So on to Glastonbury, just up the road from Street. In the centre of
town, opposite the Glastonbury Abbey, is this monument. We have a video
clip of Glastonbury.
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We found some wonderful areas in Glastonbury, full of New Age type shops
selling arts, crafts, gifts, crystals, herbs and such like.
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In the Glastonbury Experience, just off the High Street were a number of
places full of candles and incense. Many had little waterfalls
inside too!
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We explored the fascinating myths and legends that this area of Somerset,
and particularly Glastonbury, is known for with a look round its many
psychic, mystic, druid, witchcraft and pagan type shops with tons of books
available on the subject. Ooo ar!
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Safely back in Langport we enjoyed a delicious Indian meal in the Cardamom
Indian Restaurant in town (video
clip). Here's Belinda stacking up her plate. The Cardamom
Restaurant didn't look much from the outside (inset) but the food was
excellent!
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Day two in Somerset was raining so we took off to the Fleet Air Arm
Experience at RNAS Yeovilton to see the Naval Aviation Museum. The
first area we visited was the Leading Edge Interactives with lots of
buttons to press!
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The Fleet Air Arm Museum consists of several large halls full of wartime
aircraft designed for use on aircraft carriers. Belinda's seen here
entering the World War 1 hall. There was also a section on the
Falklands War and an 'Island' experience.
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Another picture in the bag, this one of a missile. Behind is a
montage of war heroes. Particularly fascinating was the between the
wars exhibit, relating what life was like during this period.
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The flying boat was interesting at Fleet Air Arm Museum, we had a peek in
the cockpit and it all looked rather cramped and uncomfortable! No Sat
Nav in the cockpit in those days then! (video
clip).
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In the World War 2 part we saw many aircraft had wings that folded up to
take up less room. Fleet Air Arm is a working base and we looked out
from the viewing area onto the runway to see many helicopters going
through their paces. We had camera exposure problems here, see our camcorder
review.
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After doing the Aircraft Carrier Flightdeck (experienced a take off) and
'Island' experience (behind the scenes on board), we came out into another
hall and saw Concorde! Also here were many modern aircraft and the
SuperX flight simulator which we tried. Entry to Fleet Air Arm
Museum was £10.
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We walked up inside the length of Concorde to the flight deck. Mike
was disappointed he couldn't take it for a quick spin round Somerset!
Please see our UK tourist links for
Somerset related websites.
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However, he found an aircraft he could have a go on, trouble was it didn't
have any wings! Still, he looks the part in this picture and it kept
him happy, see our Fleet Air Arm
video shots!
Proceed to page 2 of our West Country holiday
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