Boats in LynmouthHaving finally seen a good forecast for more than two days in a row, we decided to try and take the holiday we’d be hoping to take most of the summer, and went to Devon and Cornwall (Judith has never been to Cornwall).

On the way down we stopped off at Cheddar Gorge. The gorge itself was really nice, the caves were wildly overpriced, and you couldn’t just pay for a cave – you had to pay for the cave, a walk, a museum, plus a couple of other things, so it was pretty expensive if you were short of time and just wanted to go in the cave, which we did. So we went for a walk through, and round the top of the gorge instead. We got off the beaten track (i.e. we got lost) and had to take the scenic route, which was quite exciting, as we never knew if we were above a shear drop. We got down ok, albeit through lots of bushes, down rock falls, etc.

We headed off south and at one point we thought we’d never leave Somerset, but eventually got to Devon. Every road in Devon seems to be 1:4 gradient. We ended up in Lynton and Lynmouth on the Exmoor coast. Never been there before, but it turned out to be a really beautiful place, although most famous for a flood (like Boscastle) in 1952, when 34 people died. We bought some food, and watched the surfers, who were doing more paddling than surfing; then went and found somewhere to stay for the night.

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