Pretty Porlock Weir is close by and the notorious Porlock Hill (a nightmare for drivers of earlier generations) will take you on the road to the twin towns of Lynton and Lynmouth. The towns were made famous by the terrible floods of 1953 when, not only did the River Lyn pour into Lynmouth, but it brought devastatingly huge rocks with it.

The roads inland lead to magnificent Exmoor National Park. This is an area of outstanding natural beauty. The scenery varies from sunlit pastoral to the wild and rugged land of the Doones, abundant with red deer, Exmoor ponies, badgers and foxes and more than 240 varieties of bird life. In its rivers are trout, salmon and even otters can occasionally be seen playing on the banks.

The county town of Taunton is just 40 minutes drive but you may also like to visit the many pretty Somerset villages including Medieval Dunster with its forbidding castle.