This is an illustrious historical romance set in the backdrop of the Monmouth Rebellion in the 17th century during the reign of Charles II. John Ridd and his family are threatened by the Doones, the family of outlaws.
Exmoor Food Festival Early October. www.visit-exmoor.co.uk. Bus and train timetables Traveline B 0871 200 2233 www.traveline.co.uk. The North Devon timetable ( www.devon.gov.uk/buses) covers the Devon section of Exmoor.
This is also one of the most rewarding areas for walking in the West Country, combining stunning sections of the South West Coast Path with inland walks over heather-rich moorland and up river valleys.
'Forest', in this case, did not mean woodland but land reserved for hunting and the red deer were protected for the king's pleasure, with draconian punishments for any who killed or harmed them. It was Henry VII who decided to allow the ...
Exmoor red deer stopped. In the following years without the protection of the hunts, the red deer numbers plummeted to below 100 due to poaching and shooting and the herd was in danger of extinction. In an attempt to save the Exmoor red ...
1652 the Royal Forest was sold to James Boevey who built the first house in the Forest, at Simonsbath, enclosing 100 acres of land for his farm. He seems to have spent most of his energies on lawsuits against his neighbours who were ...
Exmoor. Dunkery. Beacon,. c. 1910. We start this chapter some 4 miles south of Porlock, and encounter something of a mystery. At 1,075 feet above sea level, Dunkery Beacon is the highest point not only on Dunkery Hill but also in the ...