Inspiring Travel Writing from Simon Heptinstall: Page 4 of 4

Destination Ilfracombe | Simon Heptinstall | United Kingdom | Devon and Cornwall | Ilfracombe
Woolacombe was fine, Croyde alright if you stayed in the car park... but dad wouldn't let us go anywhere near Ilfracombe. Growing up in a middle class family in Devon in the sixties I was kept away from anything deemed 'lower class' - and the north...

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Hot Destination: Devon and Cornwall | Simon Heptinstall | United Kingdom | Devon and Cornwall | Devon
There are plenty of great holiday spots inland too. Devon has rich rolling countryside with two spectacular moorland National Parks, lush river valleys, pretty villages and grand historic towns. Cornwall seems more rugged and ancient - with the...

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Prior Park Gardens, Bath | Simon Heptinstall | United Kingdom | South West England | Bath
Locals predicted a monumental flop when Britain's largest conservation charity opened the gates of a beautiful landscaped garden on the outskirts of Bath without providing any car or coach parking. National Trust officials claimed that the no-cars...

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The Holms | Simon Heptinstall | United Kingdom | Wales | Cardiff
I lay sunbathing on the clifftop, listening to the waves lapping against rocks below. Apart from the seabirds whirling above and rabbits scampering across the grass, I almost had the lovely island to myself. Yet if I turned my head to one side I...

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