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^ií* /T . mm* aüF^1 Cornwall is one of the favourite holiday counties in Engtand because of the great variety and beauty of its scenery, which ranges from the rugged to the pastoral. Here in this long peninsula stern gránité moors, jagged cliffs and raging seas contrast with quiet coves, tiny villages and gentle valleys, and there are alsó many fascinating relics of the past such as dolmens, stone circles, forts, and the more recent disused tin and copper. mines and china clay works. Perhaps the best known place in Cornwall is Land's End (2) where the fine gránité cliffs mark what was once thought to be the end of the world. From this wild point there is a wonderful view of the Longships Lighthouse and the Wolf Lighthouse. The most popular Cornish seaside resort is Newquay (3) which was once a flourishing fishing port until the shoals of pilchards gradually disappeared from the coastal waters. Nowadays the harbour. is filled with pleasure boats. and there is a magnificent stretch of beach, with lofty cliffs and fascinating caves beyond. Newquay is alsó one of England's most important surfing centres. Devon, across the bordér, alsó offers a great rangé of scenery and has, like Cornwall, two coasts, although unlike those of its neighbour these are entirely separated by the uplands of Dartmoor and Exmoor. Dartmoor is indeed a memorable plateau (4) förmed from gránité, which sometimes obtrudes as tors, overlaid with peat. The highest tor is High Willhays, 2,039 feet, but there are many others equally impressive. Among the most interesting features of Dartmoor are the thirteenth-century bridge at Postbridge, the eerie Cranmere Pool, remains of prehistoric settlements such as Grimspound, the stunted oak trees of Wistman's Wood and, of course, the bleak prison at Princetown which was built at the start of the nineteenth century. To the north of Dartmoor and stretching towards the coast lies Exmoor, less wild and more romantic, particularly as it is associated with Blackmore's Lorna Doone. Lynton and Lynmouth are perhaps the most charming of the Exmoor villages, for Lynton clings to a hill-top while almost vertically below it, next to the sea, is Lynmouth. To the west is the dramatic Valley of the Rocks, once a favourite haunt of smugglers, while just beyond Lynton is the delightful Watersmeet (1), where the East and West Lyn rivers converge. The northern coast of Devon alsó includes the wide sweep of Bideford Bay and the popular resort of llfracombe, while the southern coast, with somé of the finest seaside resorts in the west, has a succession of delightful bays, coves and headlands. Ladram Bay, for instance. which lies between Sidmouth and Budleigh Salterton, boasts spectacular red sandstone crags (5) which rear above a smooth expanse.of golden sand. te&II m smm BM Ifi