A superbly restored classic caravan in two acres of woodland near the Glastonbury competition website, Frome, Wells and Bruton.
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An upcycled off-grid caravan in woods in a stupendous a part of Somerset, 7 minutes drive to Vobster Quay open-water swimming and diving, 15 minutes drive to Glastonbury Pageant website, and inside straightforward attain of Frome, Bruton and Wells.
Rooms: 1 (sleeps 2, plus babes in arms), plus sofabed for one little one; as well as, there’s a separate cabin throughout the meadow for 2 older kids (or additional adults)
Value: From £95/night time, minimal keep 2 nights, contains all linen, kitchen necessities (teas, espresso, oil, vinegar, salt, pepper) and a welcome hamper (eggs, butter, milk, selfmade bread and biscuits plus native cider or apple juice).
Meals: Self-catering. Pub serves respectable meals in village 10-minute stroll; the superb Talbot Inn and well-stocked village store are each in close by village of Mells, 5-minute drive.
Amenities: Kitchen, Washroom, together with sizzling bathe
Good for Inexperienced: Off-grid; Sizzling water for bathe supplied by biomass. Walkers welcome; Cyclists welcome
Our Overview of The Scrumpling
The phrase Scrumpling is an outdated Somerset title for ‘“misshapen apple”, which displays the setting of this classic caravan: in two acres of personal woodland and meadow adjoining to the proprietor’s household residence within the coronary heart of cider nation. There’s non-public off-road parking, from the place you stroll 50 yds alongside a curving woodchip path to the hideaway within the woods.
The cosy caravan has a king-size mattress, open shelving and a inexperienced velvet sofabed. Giant home windows let the dappled woodland gentle flood in. There are many books, video games and artwork supplies and a telescope if need to examine the magical night time skies on this a part of the world.
There is a cute kitchen shed only a few metres from the caravan, which is provided with a two-ring gasoline hob, coolbox, massive ingesting water container and all the same old crockery, cutlery and pans for cooking.
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On website, friends have the run of the two-acre website to themselves, there are hammocks in slightly glade within the woods, and an outside desk and chairs for breakfasts and dinners, a campfire, and deckchairs overlooking a big pond. It is a 10-minute stroll throughout some fields to the village the place there is a pub promoting respectable meals, and it is simply 5 minutes by automotive to the well-known village of Mells the place there is a village store and the superb Talbot Inn. The location is quarter-hour to the Glastonbury Pageant Website at Pilton, and simply over 10 minutes to Frome the place there is a well-known unbiased market on the primary Sunday of each month. It is also very convienient for anybody wishing to go open water swimming or scube diving at Vobster Quay Open Water Exercise Centre.
Eco-friendly initiatives
The Scrumpling is off-grid (the proprietor can cost gadgets in case you’re caught however there’s typically no WiFi, heating, electrical lighting or electrical energy throughout the positioning) – the emphasis could be very a lot on getting again to nature.
If you happen to’re trying to go strolling, the positioning is simply off the East Mendip Manner and near the Mendip Hills – Cheddar Gorge is standard however Ebbor Gorge is barely quieter, and useful for a pint of cider on the Queen Victoria Inn, in Priddy, on the way in which residence.
Excellent for a Somerset escape, whether or not you are out strolling the Mendip Hills or wanting a rural escape that is near the historic cities corresponding to Frome, Glastonbury and Wells.
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Disclosure: The Scrumpling is run by Rhiannon, spouse of Inexperienced Traveller’s founder, Richard Hammond.
