Go wild on… EXMOOR

Exmoor, which sits astride Devon and Somerset, is one of the least visited of our national parks and that, in itself, is one of its attractions for me. When I think of Exmoor, I’m reminded of the dramatic coastline and deep, fissured valleys with tumbling rivers. I think of the contrast between wooded lowlands and heather-clad uplands. Most of all, I delight in the tremendous lacework of walking routes along paths, tracks, lanes, riversides and coast.

My wife, Sarah, and I have seen all of Exmoor’s best-known beauty spots before, including Valley of Rocks, Lynmouth, Watersmeet, Dulverton and Dunster. On this visit we wanted to stay somewhere we hadn’t been for many years and to leave our