Motor Tours in the West Country 1

Motor Tours in the West Country 1

Motor Tours in the West Country

Author: Mrs. Rodolph Stawell

 

SECOND EDITION.

Max Pemberton in the _Sphere_:--“… Will be read and reread by all who

have toured Wales a-wheel. Mrs. Stawell is a charming writer; she has a

fine sense of the road, and she adds to it a literary insight that is

always captivating.… I have rarely encountered a book so full of pleasant

literary gossip and yet so very practical.”----_World_:--“This most

artistic book … gives a sympathetic description of all that is worth

seeing in Shropshire, North Wales, the Heart of Wales, South Wales, and

the Wye Valley. I do not think I have ever seen such beautifully-arranged

photographs in any book of travel.”

 

MOTOR TOURS IN YORKSHIRE

 

_With 48 Illustrations from Photographs, and Map._

 

SECOND EDITION.

 

“This charmingly-written account of motor travels in Yorkshire has

no feature in common with the ordinary dry-as-dust matter of fact

guide-book. The volume is one of the most fascinating books of home

travel, within its own assigned limits, with which we are acquainted.…

Full of exquisitely finished photographs.”--_Standard._----“Motorists

require a new order of guide-book, which shall be as independent of show

places and beaten tracks as the happy possessor of a car. Mrs. Stawell

has gauged by practical experience the new requirements, and has now

done for the county of broad acres what her previous volume did for the

Principality.”--_Outlook._

 

MOTOR TOURS IN THE WEST COUNTRY

 

_With 48 Illustrations from Photographs, and Map._

 

In common with Mrs. Rodolph Stawell’s other books of Motor Tours, this

delightful volume is specially written for those who like to know

something of the history and antiquities of the places through which

they pass, and for lovers of beautiful scenery. At the same time all

the principal roads of Devon and Cornwall are discussed in considerable

detail, and though Somerset is not fully dealt with, there are two

chapters on that county. Each chapter is preceded by a summary of

distances, &c. The book is illustrated by 48 photographs by R. de S.

Stawell, and contains an index and map of the routes.

 

LONDON: HODDER & STOUGHTON

 

CONTENTS

 

 

PAGE

 

I

 

A RUN ACROSS SOMERSET 1

 

II

 

THE HEART OF DEVON 31

 

III

 

THE SOUTH COAST OF DEVON 71

 

IV

 

SOUTH CORNWALL 103

 

V

 

NORTH CORNWALL 143

 

VI

 

NORTH DEVON 177

 

VII

 

THROUGH SOMERSET AGAIN 197

 

 

 

 

ILLUSTRATIONS

 

 

CASTLE ROCK, LYNTON _Frontispiece_

 

FACING PAGE

 

CHEDDAR GORGE 8

 

THE BISHOP’S EYE, WELLS 12

 

WELLS CATHEDRAL 14

 

ST. MARY’S CHAPEL (OFTEN CALLED ST.

JOSEPH’S), GLASTONBURY 16

 

THE CHOIR, GLASTONBURY 22

 

MARKET PLACE, SOMERTON 26

 

SIDMOUTH 36

 

GUILDHALL, EXETER 44

 

CLOISTER, EXETER CATHEDRAL 50

 

LUSTLEIGH 58

 

HOLNE BRIDGE 64

 

BUTTERWALK, DARTMOUTH 86

 

SLAPTON 90

 

SOUTH POOL CREEK, SALCOMBE 92

 

FORT CHARLES AND BOLT HEAD 94

 

DRAKE’S ISLAND, FROM THE HOE 98

 

LOOE RIVER 106

 

LOOE HARBOUR 108

 

STREET OF POLPERRO 110

 

POLPERRO 112

 

RESTORMEL CASTLE 114

 

BODINNICK FERRY 118

 

PONT PILL, FOWEY 120

 

ARWENACK AVENUE, FALMOUTH 126

 

KING HARRY’S FERRY 130

 

THE LIZARD 132

 

MULLION COVE 134

 

ST. MICHAEL’S MOUNT 138

 

NEWLYN HARBOUR 140

 

THE LAND’S END 142

 

ST. IVES 148

 

TRERICE 150

 

GATEHOUSE, LANHYDROCK 156

 

TOWN GATE, LAUNCESTON 158

 

TINTAGEL 164

 

MORWENSTOW 172

 

CLOVELLY 176

 

STREET IN CLOVELLY 178

 

CLOVELLY HARBOUR 180

 

ON THE TAW 186

 

LYNMOUTH 192

 

VIEW FROM LYNTON 194

 

RIVER LYN 196

 

PORLOCK 200

 

DUNSTER 204

 

GATEHOUSE, CLEEVE ABBEY 208

 

TAUNTON CASTLE 214

 

 

 

 

A RUN ACROSS SOMERSET

 

 

SUMMARY OF RUN ACROSS SOMERSET

 

DISTANCES.

 

Clifton Suspension Bridge

Clevedon 11½ miles

Wells 25⅛ ”