Month: October 2020

Devon - Oct 2020, Motorhome Travels

Damage Barton and Damaged Husband

Posted on by peter.harry01

We left Bridgetown taking a very scenic route through Exmoor ending up on the coast at Lynmouth. A very pleasant walk along the prom was followed by a ride on the funicular railway up to the town of Lynton. The railway is an amazing piece of Victorian engineering – water powered so very environmental as well!

We then drove on to our next campsite at Damage Barton situated on the cliffs over looking the Bristol Channel just to the north-east of Woolacombe. The following morning we drove the van down a rather steep lane into the town and had a very nice walk on Woolacombe’s superb beach followed by some tasty fish & chips sitting on the front.

That night Peter suffered with some very unpleasant stomach pains which resulted in a 12 night stay in the local hospital but that’s the start of another (long) story……

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Devon - Oct 2020, Motorhome Travels

Exmoor

Posted on by peter.harry01

First stop on our trip around Devon was a village called Bridgetown in the centre of Exmoor (not the one in Jamaica!). We stayed at the Exe Valley campsite which is an excellent site spread along the banks of the river Exe (surprise!). A helpful owner, well stocked shop, good free (!) wifi and even TV cabling to every pitch – we would certainly recommend it to others (without children, it’s an adult only site). Only downsides – because of the weather the ground was muddy, we had no problem with the hardstanding pitch but the walks through the surrounding woodlands were a bit of a challenge at times! The village pub was only open at weekends but I’ll blame that on COVID.

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