A Gorge-ous run
Last week my wife and I went to Cheddar for five days. The main reason was to visit my mother-in-law who is staying there before moving into her new house. However it was also a good opportunity for some R'n'R. Of course I couldn't resist a couple of runs while I was there. The first was an early morning run to the south of Cheddar. I was aiming for the local reservoir at Axbridge. Apparently there was a disused railway line that led there. It was called the Strawberry Line as it had been used in the past to transport the bountiful supply of local strawberries to the coast. However I managed to take a wrong turn and ended up following a road towards the village of Clewer instead. The traffic wasn't heavy but there were enough speeding cars and blind corners for me to want to find an alternative route and when I spotted a dirt track on my left I took it. Having looked on a map I see that this was one of many droves in the area that are used by local farmers. I fol...