Good morning,

Here is a list of places to visit mostly gleaned  from Escape to the Country,  (hitherto known as E2C ) over the past months. I’m marking in red as we visit. No doubt there are many other amazing places for us to see especially in the south and south west of England.

Let us know your personal favourites in the UK and they will be “ON THE LIST”.  Likewise, if you have a special place you would like to visit tell us where and “IT’S ON THE LIST!”  (Does anyone but me remember The Rich List?) Thanks Robyn for your suggestions.  We have time for many more. We can even check out a place you want to go and tell you if it’s worth it. It might then be “OFF THE LIST.“

PLACES TO VISIT
Lacock (Pride and prejudice)
Broadway (Cotswolds)
Bodmin (Cornwall)                                                                                                              Lanhydroc House Wales
Conwy Castle
Elan Valley
Taunton – Somerset County Cricket Club ground. Has museum, county games and 20/20 cricket.
Men’ cricket world cup in England 2019. Going to game at Bristol.
Place in Devon that has tunnels to the beach. Ilfracombe
Applehampton house and gardens in Dorset.  Thomas Hardy worked there.
Wimborne minster. 14th C church. Has chained library.
Artisan bakery near Wimborne. Try Wimborne Market.
Frome Valley trail.                                                                                                                  Bradford Peverell. Pretty village near us.
Bridport sausages – business is 500 years old.
Wiltshire ?  Kennets Avon canal. Maybe hire a canal boat for a couple of days.
Tolpuddle Martyrs

Lyme Regis
Cornwall- Kateel house. Edgecombe family. Tudor house. National Trust House.
Hurst Castle on island off coast of Hampshire
Milton Abbas – village moved by the local lord because the old one spoiled his view.
Lechdale trout farm in Cotswold area.
Tytherington in Cotswolds Gloustershire. Beautiful village.
Portland quarry and sculpture park.
Vicar’s Close in Wells. Said to be the oldest continuously inhabited street in Europe.
Glastonbury Tor.
Piddles and puddles in Dorset. Farmhouses were built.                                                Thorncombe.
Cothay house in Somerset. Country House Rescue Ruth.
Westward Ho. Built to cash in on a book.
Otter beer in Devon. Eco friendly brewery.                                                                   Mapperton House Dorset
The Hardy monument
Ashmore village
Milton Henge
Branscombe Devon seaside village has the longest high street in UK. Also Masons Arms Inn
Ottery St Mary. Devon
Castle Clune Wiltshire – like many others said to be the prettiest village in England
Exmoor National Park.                                                                                                        Lynmouth and Lynton connected by a cliff railroad. Funicular.
Packhorse bridge? Where? Dartmoor
Porlock Bay oysters
Shrewsbury Shropshire. Many listed props and black and white Tudor church
Andre Daniels makes moths from wood in Devon                                                                Cerne Abbas giant and village                                                                                                          Kennets Avon Canal
Kanehill Locks
Devizes
Snows Hill Cotswolds
Aubrey Holes at Stonehenge

Next Monday we are off on our first trip away from Higher Halstock. We are going to Cornwall for a couple of nights to visit The Eden Project, St Michael’s Mount, Lands End and whatever else takes our fancy.

We would love your ideas.