Fudge. Cream teas. And an acrobatic dog. Having ticked off the first two on a recent visit to Devon, we managed to see not just a clever dog, but one in a beautiful environment and totally Simon Cowell-free too. How could it be bettered? What is now the Grand Western Canal Country Park and Local Nature Reserve to give it it’s full name was originally constructed as a means of moving goods, predominantly coal from Wales into Devon and Somerset without the need to risk sailing around Cornwall in the early nineteenth century. With the advent of locomotives, moving stock on the waterways slowly ...
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