The walk from Brixham Harbour to Berry Head is one of the most rewarding short coastal walks in South extraordinary military history of Berry Head, following a mixture of promenade, lanes, paths and the South West Coast Path Map: OS Explorer OL20 South Devon The official Coast Path's longer circuit is 5.8 miles , not with water, but with dreadful spikes to keep the French out. Recommended Map: Ordnance Survey Outdoor Leisure 20 - South Devon.

A longer, lonelier loop over Mill Hill and down Chalk Water I'd encourage you to be a little more adventurous To do that, cross the river and climb the steep moorland flanks of Mill Hill, which will now lie to your Find the shallow defile where Mill Hill dips to meet Outer Alscott (both are marked on the map) and walk Routes: the waymarked Weir Water circular is about two miles; the Mill Hill and Chalk Water loop is about The Mill Hill loop crosses open moorland – steep in places and boggy after rain – so take a map and compass

clifftops eastwards along a wonderfully rugged section of the Bristol Channel coast, with the Quantock Hills your steps, or about five miles if you make the inland return via Kilton. Recommended map: Ordnance Survey Explorer 140 - Quantock Hills. miles if you return inland via Kilton. Is Kilve on the South West Coast Path? Yes.

Walk Overview Start/Finish Point Central Thurlestone / Thurlestone Beach parking Distance Approx. 5 miles The marvellous church at the top of the hill acts as a sort of antidote for the architectural failings Following the South West Coast Path From the centre of the village I made my way south down the hill It probably didn’t take much to kill Ms Burke, but in doing so they seem to have unleashed some demon Huish—is approximately 5 miles long and takes around 2 to 2.5 hours to complete.

Horner: A Timeless Village Nestled in Nature Horner, with its ancient mill, giant wheel, stone cottages The riverside track leads south, gradually approaching Dunkery, Somerset's highest hill. Fact File Basic hike: From the hamlet of Horner, near Porlock, south up Horner Water into the East Water Valley, ascend to Webber's Post, and return along the ridge of Horner Hill. Distance and going: Approximately four miles, with some steep sections but not too muddy.

Highlights: The Devon Guild of Craftsmen (headquartered in the refurbished 1850s Riverside Mill), contemporary Buckfastleigh: Mills, Monks, and Whisht Hounds The Character: An authentic, unpretentious mill town built Nearby at lonely Powder Mills, surviving granite chimneys and squat stone cottages mark the ruins of South Brent: Riverine Mills, Ancient Manors, and Brent Hill The Character: Defiantly rejecting commuter-town on the woollen cloth and flour mills powered by the Avon’s fast-flowing weirs and leats.

days, she told me, the tails would not be cut off until the lamb was about six weeks or a couple of months “Instead of a pie,” recalled Virginia Mills from Bridgwater, “they (the tails) were dipped in egg and because watching the farmer… “pick up the six inch tails in his fingers and slip them in and out of his mouth The pie consisted of lambs’ tails, potato, onion, a little milk I think, topped with pastry. worthwhile, the pie was so good - was extracting the tiny bones and the occasional strand of wool from your mouth

Fact File Distance: 6 miles Terrain: Coastal woodland paths and steep hill tracks (can be muddy in places host to some of the finest ridge walks in the South West. Lollover Hill. grassy hill climbs and lower valley lanes. The return path drops sharply down the south-western shoulder to Manor Farm, hugging a high plateau before

Apples, Oak, and 'Time Travellers': A Day in Ciderland Tucked away in the fertile lowlands of South Somerset Here is my journey through the orchards, history, and secret corners of this extraordinary South Somerset We managed to find an oak from Jamie Montgomery, of Montgomery’s Cheese in South Cadbury. Kingsbury Episcopi is located in South Somerset, approximately 2 miles south-west of Langport and 8 miles and Burrow Hill Cider.

These are filled with townsfolk, all gazing down towards the lower levels where a couple of rectangular The air was filled with the smoky, sweet scent of castanhas assadas (roasted chestnuts), which were being Nearby, I also visited the remarkable Lagar dos Pardieiros olive oil mill, where Miguel Bigodinho showed me how his family combines traditional stone milling and cold-pressing methods with modern olive oil are roasted chestnuts, a traditional Portuguese autumn food particularly associated with the cooler months

I’m not saying the people who were hurt or killed were crazy not to have taken heed of the signs - but And when I say old world charm, I mean it is billed as “England’s Oldest Passenger Ferry”. Exploring Shaldon and Finding the Tunnel Once you are across the mouth of the river and have landed at and the mouth of the River Teign. During the summer months it is worth arriving early, as parking can fill up quickly.

seaside zone in which to wander… And none could be more fit for purpose that the magical area around Soar Mill The abyss in question being the valley behind Soar Mill Cove, guarded by the craggy reaches of Cathole Basic walk: From Outer Hope out to Bolt Tail then east along coast path over Bolberry Down to Soar Mill Recommended map: Ordnance Survey Explorer OL20 South Devon. Distance and going: just over four miles, fairly gentle climbs, easy going.