| BIG
EAT WINNERS ANNOUNCED | 
See
the 28th October 2009 WOOKEY HOLE BIG EAT results Here |
| NEW WOOKEY HOLE WITCH ANNOUNCED
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The
New Wookey Resident Witch is to be Carla Calamity, formerly an Estate
Agent from Shepton Mallet in Somerset. Wookey
Witch Profile Carla
Calamity Carla Calamity
is a friendly Witch with a mischievous nature, she loves sneaking up on children
and cackling, she lives in the caves and loves to chant. “Stinky slimy slithering
hissy, father Bernard you’re just a great big sissy” She’s
a Witchy fashionista and wears sparkles, stripes and anything glittery mesmerises
her and makes her cackle even more. Hair:
Fair and as long as Father Times beard Eyes:
Piercing blue with circus trained spiders acting as eyelashes Nails:
Long, spooky & green. Transport:
Model 4, turbo boost customised, crystal sat nav Wand:
Cherry tree with amber, crystal and dream catcher | Wookey
Hole Witch Audition
Interesting
Witchy Facts | 3124
applications have posted out in the last 3 weeks Thousands
of email downloads 278
mother in laws have been put forward 23
letters of complaint have been received from church / religious groups 840
applications forms have been posted abroad. 401
male witches have been sent a application 14
spells have been put on us by disgruntled witches. 890
Witch applications we deemed unsuitable for under 18 years to view. 4
witch’s have pulled out due to swine flue 1
London Banker applied
| | HRH
The Duke of York opens new buildings at Award-winning Dorset Farmhouse Cheesemaker
| | HRH The Duke of
York, the UK's Special Representative for International Trade and Investment,
opened the new buildings at Ford Farm on 21 October. The farm makes many varieties
including the ever popular Coastal Cheddar, England's only Cave Aged Cheddar matured
in the caves of Wookey Hole, and the newly rediscovered Dorset Red. All the cheese
is made by hand on the farm in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
| | The
King of Rock & Roll's Teddy destroyed in frenzied attack | | A
£40,000 teddy bear named Mabel formally belonging to Elvis Presley has been
destroyed and £20,000 worth of other teddy bears were mutilated in this
horrific attack by one of the guard dogs hired to protect them.
| | UK's
first ever Rabbit Wedding | | A
very special treat happened at Wookey Hole this Easter with the UK's first ever
Rabbit Wedding. However, this really is ears above the rest as the loving couple
that hopped down the aisle for the first time were non other than the King Rabbit
Roberto, the worlds largest bunny, and his equally sized lady friend Miss Amy.
ROBERTO and AMY complete with wedding veils and dickie bows burrowed down from
their home in Worcester with a few other outsize members of his family.
| | COTTLE
SAYS 'CHEESE!' AS CHEDDAR COMES HOME TO WOOKEY HOLE! | |  Gerry
Cottle, once the ringmaster and owner of Britain's leading circus and now owner
of historic Wookey Hole Caves near Wells in Somerset, is reviving one of the site's
oldest traditions.
He's
bringing cheese back to Wookey Hole, to mature in the cave's ideal conditions.
Four hundred years ago there was no refrigeration and the caves were the ideal
place to mature cheeses. The
temperature is a constant 11°C all year round, and the high humidity is also
ideal to stop the cheese drying out during its maturation storage. Click
here for more info |
| NEW! Valley of the Dinosaurs | | Wookey
Hole are proud to announce their attraction 'King Kong and the Valley
of the Dinosaurs!'
 Read
more |
| Sand sculpting begins in Weston |
| Google News Alert
for Wookey Hole Weston & Somerset Mercury - Weston-super-Mare, England, UK The
event has been sponsored and supported by Wookey Hole, Weston Town Council, The
Grand Pier, Avon Fire and Rescue and Birse... Click here for details |
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| Wookey Hole Wins Visitor Attraction Award |
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| New Pirate Island Adventure Golf opens at Wookey |
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| Caves' crazy golf offer for
voters is bunkered | Plans
to offer voters free games of crazy golf in Wookey Hole today appear to have landed
in a bunker Wookey Hole Caves have been advised that it would not be wise to offer
voters free games of crazy golf on local elections polling day. Caves
owner Gerry Cottle wanted to make the offer of a free game on his controversial
golf course as he believed it would increase the turnout at the polling booths.
But Mendip District Council told Mr
Cottle that the plan could fall foul of rules regulating local elections . READ
THE FULL STORY | | iTunes
Podcast | | Wookey
Hole has featured in the UK Adventures with Renault Koleos podcast The Adventures
UK podcast will take you on an exhilarating journey around some of the best weekend
breaks in the UK. From
whale watching to Zorbing, there’s something for all the family! Presented by
Classic FM’s Alex James.
Click here to listen (requires iTunes) |
| A Sign Of The Times! |
| A Somerset coach
company has finally beaten a 90-year-old restriction put on them by a tourist
attraction on a narrow picturesque road in the Mendip Hills. A
sign reading: “This Road Is Not Suitable For Charabancs” was put up to stop Weston-super-Mare
firm Bakers Coaches from using narrow roads next to Wookey Hole Caves tourist
attraction around 1920. |
| New Circus School opens at Wookey Hole Caves |
| We will be offering
training sessions three times a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 5 –
8pm for students from the age of 11 upwards. We
will be teaching circus skills including, juggling, stilts, wire walking, rope
and silks, bungee and trapeze skills. Click
here for details |
| New - Cattle Ads! |
| A
herd of rare White Park cattle are set to make a fortune for their eccentric owner
by turning into the most unusual advertising medium ever invented. 
Millionaire
baronet Sir Ben Slade of historic Maunsel House has stepped in
to help promote a nearby fun attraction after his neighbour had a serious beef
with local planning regulations. Sir
Ben plans to clothe his livestock in branded cow-rugs to spread local advertising
messages and announcements despite fears that local councillors had shut the gate
on motorway-side adverts. |
| 7 MILLION CUSTOMERS CAN'T BE WRONG |
| SOUTH
WEST RETAIL AND TOURIST FOURSOME JOIN FORCES FOR BETTER BUSINESS
Wookey Hole Caves, Clarks Village, Haynes Motor Museum, and Brean Leisure Park
- four of the South West's most popular leisure destinations - have put their
heads together and teamed up to promote a joint marketing strategy for the coming
year to stimulate the local economy.
| | Give us back our
witch! | | NEW WOOKEY OWNER
HAS BONES TO PICK WITH LOCAL MUSEUM Gerry
Cottle, the circus magnate who purchased the famous West Country tourist attraction
of Wookey Hole last Christmas, is reported to be considering his position after
a local museum has refused to return an ancient human skeleton, previously discovered
in his caves. The bones are believed
to be those of the actual Witch of Wookey Hole, long a legend in the area, and
blamed for every misfortune and illness which overcame the community in the Dark
Ages. Her reign of terror ended over 1000 years ago, when a young monk turned
her to stone with a well-aimed bucket of holy water. The
skeleton, confirmed as that of an old female goatherd, who died in suspicious
circumstances, was discovered in the early 20th century and removed by amateur
archaeologist Herbert Balch. It is currently on display at the Wells & Mendip
Museum, adjacent to Wells Cathedral. Mr Cottle,
well-known as one of the world's most charismatic circus promoters, has now swapped
his Big Top for the gigantic cavern which attracts around 250,000 visitors a year.
He wants the witches' bones back in his own museum. "Naturally
the bones of the Witch of Wookey Hole belong at Wookey Hole, not down the road
at Wells" he said, "I have every respect for the museum, but ultimately
we have a duty to the public to preserve our heritage and see that our witch comes
home in the end." The legal position,
according to a museum spokesperson, is currently being investigated, and she declined
further comment until the outcome is known. Mr Cottle, however, is adamant he'll
gain possession of the skeleton. "When I purchased Wookey Hole I bought the
witch too. This year, next year, however long it takes, we'll get her back in
her cave, you'll see."
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