A walk on the wildside! The South West Coast Path is something I mention on many of the pages of this site. Here on this page I’ll attempt to bring it all together and look more closely at the actual walks, the association behind it and so on. Firstly though, let’s find out a bit [...]

One of the most famous villages in the world! Clovelly is situated on a steep hillside, this single street village stretches and winds its way steeply down through cobbled streets via traditional 16th century Devonshire whitewashed cottages to the small harbour below. It has long been a favorite spot for visitors and the coast here [...]

A Novel name indeed!… The town of Westward Ho! Is named after the title of a novel of the same name by author Charles Kingsley. Therefore the exclamation mark is very intentional and is the only UK town name to have one. He lived in north Devon and the writing of the novel and subsequent [...]

Saunton sands and Braunton burrows … On leaving Croyde bay we reach yet another three mile stretch of golden sands,continuing down the Devon gold coast. We will reach the mouth of the Torridge and Taw rivers as they meet at the Atlantic Ocean. But is it Saunton or Braunton? Well both actually and the best [...]

Croyde: The village and the bay… There’s the village and the general bay area itself. This covers the Beach area, along with Putsborough beach, separated by Baggy point on the North side of the bay. To the South is Saunton sands, with Downend point and here we are “sandwiched” in between! Behind the dunes is [...]

Golden sands and surfers… Woolacombe: The first place within these pages where its safe to say, the visitor would go to mainly for the beach-life! Although we’ll briefly look at some places around the area, predominately people come here for just one thing-the beach. And you can see why, it has everything! We are talking [...]

Ilfracombe is the Northern coasts largest resort… And one of the oldest too. Being one of the first to develop after the early 19th Century transport links had become sufficiently developed. This area can be called the hub of this dramatic coastline. The whole Victorian influence along the north coast is no better sensed and [...]

Ilfracombe is the Northern coasts largest resort… And one of the oldest too. Being one of the first to develop after the early 19th Century transport links had become sufficiently developed. This area can be called the hub of this dramatic coastline. The whole Victorian influence along the north coast is no better sensed and [...]

The long & winding street! Combe Martin is a village set in the ideal location for touring around and along the North Devon coast. To the East: Lynton and Lynmouth, to the west to Woolacombe and Croyde Bay. The village is set in a beautiful valley or combe where the Exmoor National park ends and [...]

A tale of two towns…! Just as Devon is a County of two coasts. Lynton and Lynmouth is the tale of two villages, or towns as they now are. One on top of the other: Approximately 600 feet above in fact. The way to remember I was told as a child visiting was that Lynton, [...]