Mummascribbles – A trip to Wookey Hole – Mummascribbles

When we decided to go to Cornwall for our little holiday, I knew that I didn’t want to do that complete journey on a Monday. I mean doing any kind of journey on a Monday can be a nightmare so the thought of a good six hours in the car, having to navigate the M25 at the start, filled me with dread. We decided that we’d find somewhere halfway and travel on the Sunday, staying over for the night so we only had half the journey on the Monday to do. I started my research and found that half way was the Somerset area – 3 hour drive from us and a 3 hour drive from Cornwall.  Then I discovered that’s where Wookey Hole is and that Wookey Hole has a hotel. Bingo!

I don’t know if you have heard of Wookey Hole but we discovered it when we were sent the Sooty A-Z DVD which was filmed at the attraction. Since then I’ve really wanted to take Zach and so this was the perfect opportunity to do so.

Wookey is an attraction that is based around the caves in that area and included in the ticket price is a tour through the caves, and access to all parts of the park. 

When we set out on Sunday, the weather was glorious and the roads were empty which meant our journey was just perfect.  We couldn’t have asked for better.

When we arrived, the first thing we saw was the wishing well which is the ‘w’ part of the alphabet Sooty show. Zach was so excited that he recognised it and from there on in he was just a bubble of excitement, picking out all bits along the way that he was familiar with.

We picked up our tickets from the kiosk and the route takes you straight on up to the tour of the caves. They were running tours every 15 minutes and it was to last approximitely half an hour.

When we started going through into the entrance of the dark caves, I was a bit worried that a) Zach would be terrified and b) I would get claustrophobic! I never used to have any issues with anything like this but nowadays I get panicky on a delayed underground train let alone being down in the caves. I was fine though  (after I’d taken a deep breath and told myself not to be so stupid) and our guide started the tour.

What we saw was pretty phenomenal. I have plenty of photos, some of which I will share below, but it’s important to state that the photos in no way do the experience justice! The sheer beauty and the amazing history could in no way be portrayed through images.

Once we were done in the caves, we came out to where the dinosaur valley is and the giant King Kong!

Zach was fascinated with King Kong from a distance but once we were up close, he didn’t want to go near it (unlike daddy)! The dinosaurs on the other hand, he loved them!

Once done there we took him to the soft play area for a run around before we had some food. We popped to the restaurant there (although I’d say it’s more of a canteen) and had some dinner. Zach and the other half had sausage and chips and I had mushroom stroganoff. The meals were nice but we did later wish that we’d saved our appetites for the hotel restaurant which in fairness, we did eat in anyway (the scampi is lovely!).

Once we’d eaten and Zach had taken several trips to the toilet, we went to the circus show that was being performed by their trainees. Bless them they were young and very good considering. I have to say the two trapeze ring artists were incredible.

We then went to the special Easter room where it was set up a bit like Santa’s grotto but with bunnies and where Zach was given his Easter gift which was the weirdest looking soft toy pumpkin ever! I kind of wanted him to choose the Princess puzzle!

And then we carried on and explored the funny mirrors, the amusement section (think old school amusements rather than Brighton promenade ones) and the gift shop.

We even played a spot of golf which in all honesty was disastrous with a three year old!

By this point the weather had started to turn and we decided that it was probably a good time to head to the hotel which is right next door.

I quickly moved my car from one car park to another for the night and we went about checking in. After we’d settled in, we headed to the restaurant for our second dinner and then got Zach to sleep at about 8pm. Because we were in a family room, we couldn’t really have the TV on loud enough to listen to and being all ready for bed, when we started falling asleep at 8.30 we decided we might as well go with it!

We had a fab day out at Wookey Hole and would definitely recommend it as a day out if you are near the area or travelling through. Especially if your small child has seen the particular Sooty DVD that was filmed there!!

We were kindly given three complimentary tickets to Wookey Hole. The hotel accommodation was covered by ourselves.