Fred W B
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| posted on 27/6/12 at 07:10 PM |
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Tourist stuff near Torquay
Evening all.
My wife is in Torquay Devon for 10 days for work. Any "must see" tourist stuff nearby for her to get to on her days off? She has a car.
Cheers
Fred W B
You can do it quickly. You can do it cheap. You can do it right. – Pick any two.
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HowardB
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| posted on 27/6/12 at 07:27 PM |
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depends how adventurous she is, but
Eden Project - huge plant thing - 70 miles (2hrs) www.edenproject.com
Also depends when, because if it is school holidays and sunny all the roads will be full!
Howard
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 27/6/12 at 07:45 PM |
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Dartmoor can be amazing this time of year if the mist ever lifts!
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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bonzoronnie
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| posted on 27/6/12 at 07:55 PM |
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As above, Dartmoor National Park
Dartmoor
The Zoo in Paignton
Paignton Zoo
A trip to view the Jurassic Coast ( A personal favourite of mine )
Jurassic Coast
Depends what your good lady likes to do
[Edited on 27/6/12 by bonzoronnie]
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twybrow
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| posted on 27/6/12 at 08:13 PM |
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Closer to Torquay
Babbacombe Model Village is worth a look...
For a lovely day out, she could head along the coast a bit, plenty of lovely spots worth a visit:
Dartmouth - great food, very picturesque, very posh!
Salcombe - much of the same, with amazing scenery to boot
Bantham/Burgh Island - A cracking beach + ride the sea tractor over to the island where Agatha Christy wrote her books. A pint/lunch in the amazingly
quaint Pilchard Inn - a lovely day out! [http://www.burghisland.com/about_us_1.html]Burgh
Island[/url]Burgh Island
[Edited on 27/6/12 by twybrow]
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Nickp
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| posted on 27/6/12 at 08:46 PM |
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Fawlty Towers?? 
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Fred W B
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| posted on 27/6/12 at 08:49 PM |
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Thanks all for the prompt responses.
Have passed on the suggestions so far.
Cheers
Fred W B
You can do it quickly. You can do it cheap. You can do it right. – Pick any two.
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AntonUK
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| posted on 27/6/12 at 10:41 PM |
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Have a look at geocaching... a fun game and the advantage of finding some awesome spots off the tourist track...
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx?lat=50.46789&lng=-3.543744&dist=100
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jimgiblett
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| posted on 27/6/12 at 10:45 PM |
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Go to a village called Galmpton then take the small footpassenger ferry to Ditisham and have a drink / lunch in the Ferry Boat Inn on the Dartmouth
river.
One of my favorite pubs in the world.
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g551657-d1209951-Reviews-Ferry_Boat_Inn-Dittisham_Devon_England.html
My Dad used to run a hotel nearby called the Lost and Found and we used to make many trips across to the Ferry Boat Inn.
- Jim
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