The resident witch at Wookey Hole Caves is to quit her
£50,000-per-year post to become an entrepreneur.
Sunny Van der Pas has handed in her notice at the Somerset tourist
attraction, where she has been playing the part of the legendary witch
for the last two years, to run her own retro clothing shop after being
inspired by the costumes she had to wear. She will leave the job next
month and has opened a shop called Past And Presents in Bovey Tracy,
Devon, selling 1950s style clothing.
She added: “The witch costume has inspired me but you can only take so
much of living in a cave. I’m now looking for something more like
Dragon’s Den. I’ll be handing over the broomstick to a new witch.”
Wookey Hole Director Daniel Medley said: “We now have to find a new
witch in time for Halloween and we will be circulating job centres this
week.
“It has to be someone who can work school holidays and weekends
and who is not allergic to cats or children.
The witch of Wookey is a world renowned historical character and there
has to be a witch in the cave for Halloween – one of the most important
dates in the witches calendar. We wish Sunny well with her new venture
and she is going to help us by briefing the new witch before she
leaves.”
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