UK West Country

Stopped by the Stonehenge. It is more spectacular viewing from afar as we were approaching from the A303. It now costs GBP6.50 to walk around the stones -at a distance. I took the picture from over the fence.




B&B place we stayed in Bovey Tracey. A lovely old house full of antiques. Look at the bed. Beautifully arranged to make you want to sleep on the floor to preserve it, besides, with the pillows and cushions, there is no space left to sleep.







Rush hour in Bovey Tracey town centre at 6:30am.











Some faces of Bovey Tracey. .


Tina Robertson runs the antique shop, and a tea house and the B&B guest house, and makes a great full English breakfast. The local friendly butcher who hangs his carcasses for 21 days before he sells them in the shop - the genuine West country sausages are very tasty.









Widecombe-on-the-Moor is a lovely old village in the middle of Dartmoor. Jack Collins, my old Judo master would like his ashes scattered on the slopes of this village.

Me and Jack at the slop on the hill side overlooking Widecombe.




Another close by village, Moretonhampstead: typical of the villages in this area. Beautifully preserved houses, narrow roads, thatched roofs, etc.







Princetown is another village worth visiting. Don't forget to try the real Devonshire cream tea. I had not seen clotted cream so creamy and thick as butter. Princetown is a prison town which was once feared by all prisoners, but today with the egalitatrian society, it is now turning to be very desireable "country resort" for the prisoners, as the locals call it.




Picture taken of the village, TwoBridges. Ever wondered how it got that name?





The Dartmoor region is full of attractions. We noticed there were a lot of cyclists going through their pace up in the hills. Another attraction are the tors. Haytor is one of the popular ones. Le looked a bit lost there. Anyway, we got up to the rock without too much trouble.