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This Book includes,MAPS AND EASY-TO-FOLLOW ROUTE INSTRUCTIONS FOR
DAY AND WEEKEND DRIVES THROUGH ENGLAND, WALES AND SCOTLAND,
WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE NATURAL WONDERS AND MAN-MADE ATTRACTIONS TO BE SEEN ON THE WAY.Only half an hour’s drive across Cornwall’s narrow instep connects two
contrasted coastlines. To the north, the Atlantic waves snarl against high granite cliffs, topped by the relics of tin mines and punctuated by bays where surfboarders ride the rollers. To the south lies the softer Channel coast, scalloped by estuaries which force traffic inland along flower-banked lanes.Across the broad Tamar rise the flanks of
Dartmoor, one of Britain’s last true wildernesses,splendid in the sunshine but menacing in the mist.From tors as old as the Earth itself, roads drop north
and south to ports that reared yesterday’s sea dogs and resorts that lure today’s holidaymakers. Beside
the Bristol Channel, Exmoor’s heathery combes give way to the airy ridge of the Quantocks, and beyond the Somerset Levels rise the limestone Mendips,
honeycombed by gorges and caves.
Through the red farmlands of South Devon,sunken lanes link villages of cob and thatch. Dorset’s green crescent of hills has a magic blended from the
brooding presence of ancient hill-forts and the undying spirit of Thomas Hardy’s Wessex. Green lanes descend to a coast of horseshoe-shaped coves,backed by the Purbeck Hills that have given their
stone to buildings all over Britain. Among these is Salisbury Cathedral, whose tall spire is the focus of rivers tumbling from Salisbury Plain.