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Originally posted to DevonLife.co.uk July 2014 Between the villages of Trentishoe and Martinhoe not far from the North Devon coast, you will find a quintessential English pub called The Hunter’s Inn. Encompassed by the lush, wooded slopes of the Heddon Valley, this lovely characterful pub enjoys a beautiful & idyllic setting. This time, my youngest daughter…
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Posted to DevonLife.co.uk on 17th June 2014 It is not often that you can walk into a restaurant, and then walk out later totally satisfied in every way. Now I am fairly hard to please and it takes a lot to keep me really happy. However The Black Venus Inn at Challacombe managed, miraculously in…
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Posted to DevonLife.co.uk on 27th March, 2014 The Coach House Restaurant at Kentisbury Grange in North Devon is directed by Thomas Carr, the Executive Chef within the walls of this former 17th Century stable block. Having garnered 2 AA rosettes in 2013 for fine dining and excellent service, we knew that we were in for…
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Published in the North Devon Journal on April 16th 2015 A North Devon hairdresser based in Braunton has issued a plea for car drivers to slow down, and show more courtesy to horse riders on the road. Sue Johnson, 41 has suffered several incidents involving inconsiderate motorists whilst out riding her horse, and feels now…
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I’d only just emerged from Seattle Tacoma airport, and we were heading south on Interstate 5 (i5 to the locals), when I spotted the signage for one of these beauties. You may be thinking cynically, ‘ yes and your point is…?’, but for me Taco Bell is just one of those places you have to…
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Well it’s day 2 and me and my dad wander into the legendary Fish Tale Brewpub in the state capital, Olympia. We were after some much needed liquid refreshment after baking in the hot midday sun. Inside we found plenty of locally brewed beers and a most inviting menu to boot. Sat at the bar…
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Sleepless in Seattle. Well almost, because I’m about 60 miles south of the fair city. However it is 4.30 in the morning so I guess that kind of constitutes sleeplessness. Somewhere in the distance I can hear one of those enormous American trains blowing it’s horn, announcing it’s transit through our neck of the woods.…
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Well we arrived at The Pilot Truckstop, just off Exit 99 of Interstate 5 (the road from Canada to Mexico) in Thurston County for, as my dad put it, ‘a real slice of Americana.’ This was the real deal. Row upon row of beautiful American conventional trucks (engine in front not underneath); many shiny and…
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So we headed south on Interstate 5 to cross the border of Washington into the neighbouring State of Oregon – reckoned to be the most beautiful in the USA. Our destination today was to be the lovely city of the Portland which spans the Willamette River. I discovered that Portland has many nicknames, one of…
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I’m a Pacific Northwestern first-timer, but I think I’ll definitely be back. Compared to the endless lines of New York skyscrapers as far as the eye can see, (don’t get me wrong, I love NYC), this was a breath of fresh air indeed. The light, airy streets of Seattle had a completely different feel to…
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