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fires and a pot) at a wild, annual village bun-fight. These days the pebble management is
done more prosaically by bulldozers, but the
Potwalloper's Festival
, with its music and mar-
quees, still happens on the Spring Bank Holiday.
SURFING
North Devon Surf School
( 01237-474663;
www.northdevonsurfschool.co.uk
; Westward Ho!; half-/full day £28/50)
Beside the beach at
the Westward Ho! end of the Northam Burrows reserve.
Sleeping
Culloden House
( 01237-479421;
www.culloden-house.co.uk
; Fosketh Hill; d £70-80; )
It started life in 1865 as a
gentleman's residence and there's still an air of Victorian charm about Culloden House,
thanks to moulded ceilings and stained glass. The best bedrooms have expansive sea
views - choose from brisk blues and white, or refined greens and creams.
B&B
£
Getting There & Away
Bus 21 runs to Bideford (15 minutes; half hourly) and Barnstaple (40 minutes).
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Clovelly
POP 450
At this traffic-free fishing village white cottages cascade beside sheer cliffs and a crab-
claw harbour curls out into a deep-blue sea. Cobbles are everywhere - smothering houses,
garden walls and the incredibly steep lanes, giving the village the air of flowing down the
hill. Inevitably it's a tourist honeypot and is sometimes branded artificial. But despite
Clovelly's sometimes stage-set feel, around 98% of its houses have year-round tenants,
which creates a tangible sense of community.
Clovelly is privately owned and you have to pay to get in via the vast
visitor centre
(
01237-431781;
www.clovelly.co.uk
;
Clovelly; adult/child £6.50/4;
9am-6.30pm Jun-Sep, 9.30am-5pm Apr-May &
Oct, 10am-4pm Nov-Mar)
.
