Cornwall: The Minack is an open-air theatre carved into the cliffs near
Porthcurno. It's sometimes used for productions. Tintagel Castle (on the
north coast) is good, though Tintagel town is rather tacky for my taste.
If you're up for a tough(ish) cross-country walk, Land's End to Cape
Cornwall along the coast path (return taxi, if needed, from St Just)
will IMO leave you with memories of Cornwall beyond the capacity of any
camera. :-)

Devon: The "Jurassic Coast" (away from the towns).

Dorset: If you can stray into Dorset (the next county east from Devon)
Maiden Castle (near Dorchester) is a colossal iron-age hill fort (you
may want a macro lens for the grassland flora and fauna); Chesil Beach
(near Weymouth) is a spectacular shingle beach. More difficult
photographically, but if you're interested in ornithology, Radipole Lake
(a few minutes walk from Weymouth railway station) is relatively small
but attracts a huge variety of birds (the lake has a visitor centre with
spotting scopes).

Another writer mentioned the region's preserved railways: the East
Somerset is much shorter than the others; if you want to see vintage
steam locos running, check their websites and timetables. (They
generally concentrate steam operation at weekends and public holidays,
and while they were Great Western Railway lines, they don't always stick
to "authentic" GWR locos and stock. FWIW if I had time to visit only one
of them, I'd go to the West Somerset.)

http://www.minack.com/
http://www.jurassiccoast.com/
http://www.maidencastle.com/
http://www.chesilbeach.org/
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk/

Caution: The following is meant as sarcasm. As humor, it relies upon
grains of truth surrounded by lies. If my writing is worthy;
hopefully, you'll know which is which:

Were I English, I might be a bit concerned. As an American, I share a
common historical event with the Australians, Canadians, Indians,
Malays, Rhodesians and 1/2 the rest of the world, in that we broke our
yoke to the English empire. It is taught in our schools that The
Revolution (face it - Americans always think that theirs was the only
meaningful one, so it deserves capitalization!) was brought on by an
attitude of superiority from our British oppressors.

It appears that the disolution of the Empire is not finished. While
(sorry,: Whilst) you may feel Cornwall is not part of England, I have
heard that many English would also like to see the Welsh disappear -
as I was assured while in Wales, that the Welsh do, as well. Add to
that list of disgruntled members of the Commonwealth: the Scots, the
Irish and a small group of Druids living outside Salisbury, and I
begin to wonder why many if you all feel united.

After 1000 years of joint government, you STILL can't stand each
other!

Now, I admit, I sometimes feel the same way about the natives of New
York City but, except when they're voting for Hillary Clinton, I
rarely want to disolve our union. Californians; however, are another
story. I can't wait for the earthquake that slides that pit of evil
into the ocean! (gotta be careful: if it happens tomorrow, I'm gonna
have some serious guilt to live with!)

As for 'bathroom' well: i got nothing to explain that. I guess we'd
rather not think about bodily fluids so we clean them up. 18th century
political correctness. On the other hand, what is a loo and is there
one in the looroom?

Philip

On Apr 22, 10:26 am, Alex Monro <nospamdeleteabusen...@argaty.org.uk>
wrote:

... and the Bodmin and Wenford line.

The South West Coast Path website has some useful links to
particularly scenic areas:-

http://www.southwestcoastpath.com/main/discover/scenery.cfm