It’s Joe’s birthday this week, so last Thursday we hitched up the caravan and headed off to one of our favourite and the most pristine of sites – Old Oaks, Glastonbury. This is an Adults only site and the facilities and pitches are absolutely first rate.
We have a fully serviced pitch with views across to the Mendip hills.
In the “Top Oaks” area of the site, a large grassed area separates us from the units on the opposite side of the field and it is just a short walk to one of the incredible facility blocks.
All the washrooms are immaculately clean and there are around 10 “private” rooms which consist of a shower, toilet and wash basin. Breakfast is served in the mornings and a different takeaway available every night. Sundays currently have no on-site catering. There’s also a fully stocked shop with a decent selection of beers, ciders and wine as well as much locally sourced produce.
It was only a short 2.25 hour drive to Old Oaks and we arrived very close to the opening time of 13:30. By late afternoon we had everything in place and setup. Thursday night was Mexican food and the nachos and chicken quesadillas were excellent.
Friday and the weather was very hot and sunny with temperatures in the mid 20s. After spending the previous day setting up, and several days prior, preparing to leave home, we had a lazy day relaxing in the sunshine and cooked a BBQ in the evening.
Saturday we headed over to West Huntspill where the annual Steam fair was taking place – the Sedgemoor Vintage show. Not quite the Dorset Steam fair but a great day out nonetheless. In the evening we cooked fish on the BBQ.
Sunday and we visited the village of Catcott. We had spotted the previous day that there was a charity open garden event taking place and we decided to expose ourselves to an afternoon of garden envy.
Not only were there some amazing gardens to look around but a local businessman had loaned 6 vintage cars to transport people around the village. One of them has featured in “Peaky Blinders” and they were likely valued at anywhere between 250,000 and 1 million pounds. It was a stunning idea to ferry folks around the village.
