South Devon advice : Wed Aug 14, 2013 12:31 pm  

Scheduled to spend a couple of weeks there from this weekend. Anyone got some ideas on what to do / where to visit (that does not involve sea fishing!). Might visit Beer - that was nice.

Re: South Devon advice : Wed Aug 14, 2013 12:54 pm  

Dally wrote:

Scheduled to spend a couple of weeks there from this weekend. Anyone got some ideas on what to do / where to visit (that does not involve sea fishing!). Might visit Beer - that was nice.

Beer is not South Devon

Re: South Devon advice : Wed Aug 14, 2013 12:54 pm  

Visit Slapton Sands and the RSPB reserve Slapton Ley, that's a good way to spend a day, then up the road to the excellent Tower at Slapton. Fine beer garden at The Old Inn in the middle of Dartmoor. Totnes Rare Breeds Farm coupled with South Devon Steam Railway

Visit Slapton Sands and the RSPB reserve Slapton Ley, that's a good way to spend a day, then up the road to the excellent Tower at Slapton. Fine beer garden at The Old Inn in the middle of Dartmoor. Totnes Rare Breeds Farm coupled with South Devon Steam Railway

Re: South Devon advice : Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:03 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote: Visit Slapton Sands and the RSPB reserve Slapton Ley, that's a good way to spend a day, then up the road to the excellent Tower at Slapton. Fine beer garden at The Old Inn in the middle of Dartmoor. Totnes Rare Breeds Farm coupled with South Devon Steam Railway I'm certainly hoping to get to some birding sites - if the 3 women let me! I'll look up the oyher suggestions - thanks.

Ferocious Aardvark wrote: Visit Slapton Sands and the RSPB reserve Slapton Ley, that's a good way to spend a day, then up the road to the excellent Tower at Slapton. Fine beer garden at The Old Inn in the middle of Dartmoor. Totnes Rare Breeds Farm coupled with South Devon Steam Railway I'm certainly hoping to get to some birding sites - if the 3 women let me! I'll look up the oyher suggestions - thanks.

Re: South Devon advice : Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:04 pm  

cod'ead wrote:

Beer is not South Devon

Where is South Devon?

Re: South Devon advice : Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:05 pm  

Just down from North Devon.

Re: South Devon advice : Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:18 pm  

If you do go to Slapton (and you should), there's also the Tank Monument, in recognition of the US servicement lost during rehersals for D-Day. Make sure you eat at least once at The Start Bay Inn, you'd struggle to find fresher seafood (the chef buys from a boat on the beach), certainly great value for money. A little further down the coast you'll come across Hallsands: a villae that was literally swept into the sea

Visit Totnes and walk around the town that told Tesco to fook off. Nearby you'll find Buckfastleigh, buy a bottle of Buckie and sit on a park bench, pretending to be Glaswegian

There are plenty of good coastal walks, google really can be your friend

[DaveO]

Re: South Devon advice : Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:46 pm  

Brixham and Salcombe are very nice. Was in Brixham myself a few weeks ago. The breakwater there (which is huge) was built in WWII for the embarkation of a US Infantry division onto their ships for D-Day.

Re: South Devon advice : Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:51 pm  

cod'ead wrote:

If you do go to Slapton (and you should), there's also the Tank Monument, in recognition of the US servicement lost during rehersals for D-Day. Make sure you eat at least once at The Start Bay Inn, you'd struggle to find fresher seafood (the chef buys from a boat on the beach), certainly great value for money. A little further down the coast you'll come across Hallsands: a villae that was literally swept into the sea

Visit Totnes and walk around the town that told Tesco to fook off. Nearby you'll find Buckfastleigh, buy a bottle of Buckie and sit on a park bench, pretending to be Glaswegian

There are plenty of good coastal walks, google really can be your friend

In fact, we are staying in what you will probably call East Devon (practically Somerset!) albeit on the South side. So, although I hope to get down that way a couple of times (at least) it won't be that accessible for us - seems quite a long, in time terms, drive. Neverthless, your suggestions sound good and I will note then down and hopefully get to some.

Are you aware of any seafood cafes on beaches in the area - I think there may be one in Dorset but not sure where?

Re: South Devon advice : Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:54 pm  

This is the one I was thinking of: http://www.crabhousecafe.co.uk Have you been there?

This is the one I was thinking of: http://www.crabhousecafe.co.uk Have you been there?