May bank Holiday weekend and the sun is shining. We head off to Somerset and a pub stop over that has it’s own lake. On the way we stopped at Fleet Air Arm Museum to have a look round the aircraft, they even had a Concorde we could go in. I find it amazing how small this plane is. The history of the Royal Navy is fascinating and I could have stayed here all day.
I had phoned the Halfway House Inn and spoke to the landlady to book. She has just started doing stopovers and have their own motorhome. When we arrived we were directed to a field behind the pub next to the lake. What a great place. We ate in the pub that night to some home cooked food.
The following morning we took the bikes and went in search of breakfast.
Yeovil is really hilly! Looking at the map it seemed there was a country park just up the road so we headed there in search of a café. After cycling round in circles looking for an entrance we gave up and thought we would head back to town. On the way we saw a sign for the Yeovil Railway centre so diverted hoping they would have a café. What an interesting place this was. It is an old junction building where the trains used to have to change tracks, and they do a mean egg and bacon sarnie!
We headed back to the pub where we sat in the garden with a cold glass of cider before heading inside for dinner.
The following morning the sun was still shining so we decided to pump up the paddleboards and get out on the lake.
This was a great stopover that I would definitely recommend.
Mileage – 206
Route – M3/A303
Pub stopover
Cost – Free