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Off to North Devon for a weeks hols at the end of June and as I haven't been since I was a young lad I am after recommendations for things to do and things to avoid.

I shall have the wife and 4 year old twins in tow so suitable suggestions welcome.

Cheers

North or South?

Paignton Zoo is brilliant.
Any of the ferry trips around Dartmouth/Exmouth
Buckets/Spades and beaches.

North

Theres a fairly decent park in north devon, which I remember enjoying when I was younger. I'm 90% sure it's this one

http://www.themilkyway.co.uk/

Went to Cornwall last weekend. On the way back we stopped in at Lynton / Lynmouth for an hour or so. Was a bit wet on the sunday but looked really nice and will probably go back there sometime. There's a narrow gauge steam railway that runs from there to Barnstable too. Might be good for the nippers....

i went there for a school holiday years ago and thought it was excellent. a nice walk is along the river to a point called Waters Meet. there is a lovely cafe there to sit in and enjoy the surroundings.
http://www.devon-explorer.co.uk/devon/Watersmeet/


Also the museum detailing the history of the flood which killed loads of people is quite interesting too.

This is in Lynton/Lynmouth BTW.

Also the tram taking you up the hill to the Lynton/Lynmouth (forget which one is higher) is water powered and very steep. worth the trip up

I also seem to remember going to the above when I was younger and enjoying it.

I loved this place too when I was a little whippersnapper http://www.thebigsheep.co.uk/

Ilfracombe pitch and putt

Croyde Post Office for home made pasties

Woolacombe Beach

Clovelly.

Off to Croyde this coming weekend. The beach there is lovely, as is Saunton Sands a couple of miles further back. Grab a bite to eat in The Thatch in Croyde village - the ribs are excellent. Squires Fish and Chips in Braunton is highly recommended by many foodies, so we'll be trying that this weekend.

Lynton/Lynmouth and Big Sheep already mentioned. Combe Martin might be worth a trip too.

If we find anything else, will report back.

 We've had a couple of threads on this neck of the woods.....might be worth a re-read

 http://thetownend.com/index.php/topic,35086.0.html

 http://thetownend.com/index.php/topic,28994.0.html

Is watermouth castle still going? Bloody loved that place when I was younger

Evidently, yes.

http://www.watermouthcastle.com/

Whether of course it's the same as you remember it is another thing. Might pay it a visit over the w/e.

I nearly killed my car a couple of years ago going to Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur Park.
The entrance and gate are on a very steep hill and my little Fiesta was nearly dead after waiting inline and then trying to get enough acceleration to get up the hill!
I had to get it fixed in a garage a couple of days later, they commented that a lot of their business comes from cars being fucked from going to that place.

Still once I got in there it was great, but if you've got a pokey little car with no power be careful!

Ha ha - many moons ago, I had to spend the day in Combe Martin while getting the car fixed at the garage there, due to problems with hills in the area!!

I nearly ended up that way on my recent holiday to south Devon, when I was trying to negotiate the holiday park which was set on a hill.

I had a bit of an adventure, whereby I grounded my car on a particularly steep downhill corner and which eventually led to me driving half way around the park with my handbrake on  :-[

Surely you just jumnped out of your car and ran to the backup vehicle in your motorcade.

Oh wait. You aren't yet president of the USA.

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Wowweeee that's a blast from the past! My uncle had a boat in that bay too

Thanks everyone - plenty of ideas to keep everyone happy.