Ellie's Adventures in Wonderland

  This weekend's adventure took us to Gloucestershire to spend the night living it up like a king and queen at Thornbury Castle .  We set off on a rainy Sunday morning, stopping mid-way at Frampton on Severn for a coffee at Ley Bistro . The keen-eyed among you will recall I visited Frampton during a previous adventure with Max and Emma. Much like on my last visit to the village, nothing at all happened on this visit either.  We left Frampton and headed for Thornbury, making a short stop off at Wotton under Edge to pay a visit to England's most haunted house - The Ancient Ram Inn . Although we were unable to go inside, the essence of ghost radiates off the place and leaves you under no illusion that inside is riddled with the spirits of the dead. Partly scared that one of these entities would attach itself to us and follow us home, but mainly because it was chucking it down, we decided not to linger. After snapping off a couple of photos, we beat a hasty retreat to the c...

This week, me and the fella took a trip to the mystical Wye Valley, in search of King Arthur's Cave . Fueled up with a full English breakfast, we set off on our quest in the pouring rain. Despite one missed turning (turns out Mike is just as rubbish with directions as Max), we found the car park relatively easily and set off into the damp woods.  The cave is actually really close to the car park and took us only a few minutes to walk to. And as caves that you don't have to pay to visit go, this one ain't half bad. There are two chambers, each stretching back about 20' into a dark abyss (you'll need a torch). Arthur was nowhere to be seen; however, we had a good poke about in his absence. Once we'd finished exploring the cave, we set off deeper into the woods in search of Bilbo Baggins Bridge , or BBB for short. The woods are very reminiscent of Middle Earth, with lots of gnarled trees, rocky outcrops of rock, and leaf-encrusted ground, where the trees have spewe...