Devon and Cornwall We entered Devon late in the afternoon so our main priority was to find a place to stay for the night. A glance at the map, and we decided to try our luck in Torquay, a little coastal town. It was pretty obvious on entering the town that this was a major tourist destination due to the number of b&b's. We found a cosy one to stay in and set out to walk around and find some dinner. Even at night, Torquay was lovely, very relaxed and with the lights twinkling in the distance, it looked very pretty. We wandered through the gardens at the cathedral, down along the water to the dock area and then up into the main streets of the town before finding some dinner. The following morning, we took a quick drive around town to see it in daylight before progressing onto our next destination. Plymouth was our next brief stop, to see the Hoe and also the Mayflower steps. I expected Plymouth to be a real industrial town, due to only hearing about it in conjunction with shipping, but it was a lovely coastal town. We headed up to the Hoe, a large area that overlooks the water and then around to the Mayflower steps. The steps are where the Mayflower departed from, and also more noteworthy for me, the First Fleet. It was nice to able to stand where my ancestors boarded to first fleet, as convicts to settle in Australia. Our next stop after Plymouth was the little fishing village Polperro. Our stop here was decided as this is where The Paul's my ancestors on Dad's side, came from. It was a quaint little fishing town full of little houses and shops with tiny lane ways. We were able to find the Smugglers museum which is the house where previous generations of the Paul's lived. Polperro was very cute and regardless of my family history, a lovely little place to wander for a few hours. We then continued down to Lands End, wanting to go to the most south westerly point of England. There isn't much to do down there, really just to say you've been there. It was freezing though and starting to get dark so we didn't stay long. We headed back up into Cornwall, finding a hotel in Redruth for the night. The next day we pushed on, stopping at Cullompton to have a Devonshire tea, while we were still in Devon. We headed up to Cheddar Gorge (not in Devon - but useful to mention as it won't fit anywhere else) to check out the gorge and climb the steps for fabulous views over the region. Devon and Cornwall were just beautiful and we stopped in some lovely little towns. It was a rush job and one day I'd like to go back and explore in more detail this region.