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More tourist help, please
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Marc and I are going down south for a club night (yay!!) and I've been trying to think of some non-touristy tourist stuff to see while we are down there. We've been a few times now so the obvious places have already been visited.
We are going to be in Devon, but I'll take any suggestions in the area since we'll be driving through a good chunk of it on the way down anyway.
Thanks for your help in advance  
-Courtney |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I would stop off by a field and go tickling a Devon pixie. Elusive and tricksie but well worth the effort.
Failing that, find a lovely village and have a cream tea. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I would stop off by a field and go tickling a Devon pixie. Elusive and tricksie but well worth the effort.
Failing that, find a lovely village and have a cream tea."
I've had a cream tea before but I dont like cream so I just put jam all over. I'll look for a pixie...sounds like it could be fun |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Dartmoor it's great for pootling about in the mist dodging cows and the odd pony! "
Cow tipping is ment to be quite amusing. Well for the people watching anyway lol |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Exmouth seafront and buy an ice cream from the best ice cream stall there! Loads of flavours.
Enjoy secrets. I'm sure you will love it "
I just looked it up and exmouth looks lovely! Thanks |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Dartmoor sounds like a great idea, thanks! We drove through there last time but didn't really have time to walk around. "
Well, you might want to stop there for a few ... weeks. Its quite big. There are lots of sheep and cows.
Actually, it is wonderful but not really the place for a quick stop.
Isn't that England though? |
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Some gorgeous gardens to visit in the summer. Most do cream teas minus the cream of course.
If you ventured to Cornwall you could see the Eden project too.
But lovely seaside towns would swing it for me. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Depends on the route you are taking "
Our route depends on what touristy things we decide on, really. So it's pretty open. I'm looking to gather ideas and plan from there. |
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By *uzy444Woman
over a year ago
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i love avebury ..so id recommend you go there
the barge ( pub) at alton barnes is crop circle headquarters..but ilso is a great spot near the canal and in view of the white horses on the hillsides of the area..love it down there..have fun on your trip xx |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Some gorgeous gardens to visit in the summer. Most do cream teas minus the cream of course.
If you ventured to Cornwall you could see the Eden project too.
But lovely seaside towns would swing it for me. "
We saw the Eden project when we were last in Cornwall. But I think seaside towns and some long walks could be great fun. |
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By *icentiousCouple
over a year ago
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Odd isn't it, I like visiting great places. However the terrorists, sorry tourists in the local town drive me crazy.
Saying that, an oriental couple asking were. Nora Batty lives is quite amusing. |
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"i love avebury ..so id recommend you go there
the barge ( pub) at alton barnes is crop circle headquarters..but ilso is a great spot near the canal and in view of the white horses on the hillsides of the area..love it down there..have fun on your trip xx"
Cheers! We've been to avebury and seen the white horses on the hillsides. It was wonderful! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Dartmouth, it is gorgeous
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth,_Devon
Not to be confused with Dartmoor"
Thanks!! We went to Dartmouth when we were last down south. It was great, too. There were some really lovely English heritage sites we visited. Might be worth a second look |
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"i love avebury ..so id recommend you go there
the barge ( pub) at alton barnes is crop circle headquarters..but ilso is a great spot near the canal and in view of the white horses on the hillsides of the area..love it down there..have fun on your trip xx"
Crop circle headquarters? Can you like take your own designs in like you would at a tattooist? Maybe have a small one in an inconspicuous part of a field to see if you like it?  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"If you're North Devon way, Appledore, Bideford, etc and like good ice cream, keep an eye out for a Hockings van or shop. Absolutely effing delicious!"
They have a Hockings ice cream van on the front at Appledore every afternoon in the summer x |
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"Depends on the route you are taking
Our route depends on what touristy things we decide on, really. So it's pretty open. I'm looking to gather ideas and plan from there. "
Good plan
Have you been to Lincoln? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I live in Exeter and love the place has a great museum the quay is lovely you can also try the underground passages. the house of marbles at Bovey Tracey is a bit different . or The Rotund at Exmouth if your going to secrets ask Chris or theresa for some ideas |
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yeah brixham is nice a nice harbour with lots of small fishing boats in different colours once remember a large swarm of bees on one of the moored up boats there Ilfracoombe worth a visit too make sure if out at night you don,t bump into any smugglers..  |
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"Depends on the route you are taking
Our route depends on what touristy things we decide on, really. So it's pretty open. I'm looking to gather ideas and plan from there.
Good plan
Have you been to Lincoln?"
Yes, a few times. It's got a great vibe. |
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"Depends on the route you are taking
Our route depends on what touristy things we decide on, really. So it's pretty open. I'm looking to gather ideas and plan from there.
Good plan
Have you been to Lincoln?
Yes, a few times. It's got a great vibe."
The poppies from London are at the Castle
If you're coming down the A1 we've got all the Sir Isaac Newton stuff here and there's Belvoir (pronounced Beaver) Castle which is a proper fairytale one |
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