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Published: September 2nd 2017
Geo: 50.5833, -3.90564
After an amazing feast of a breakfast with Justin and Mary Ann we were off to continue our surprise adventure of the South West of England. We drove through Dartmoor National Park. This park is rather large with some very skinny roads. When I say skinny I mean there are bike paths in the states that are wider then these roads. Our first stop in the park was at Spinsters Rock. This is a neolithic burial chamber dating from 4500 BC to 2300 BC. We continued on driving up and down large hills that gave us some amazing views of the surrounding landscape. While driving through the park we even saw some of the famous wild Dartmoor ponies. This area was heavily mined for tin in the past but the last active mine closed in the 1930's. After our exploration of Dartmoor National Park we were off to the surprise location were we would be staying for the next couple of days.
This is the coolest place I have ever stayed and I was thrilled that Kim found such a great place. It is an old 1940's Showman Wagon named the Duke. The owners, Kym and Rick,
have 3 places to stay on there property but we think this is the best one. When they first purchased the Duke they told us the interior was covered in linoleum. The work involved in restoring this to the pristine level it is in now must have been endless. The Duke is made up of a Small bedroom in the back a sitting area with a period wood burning stove and a small kitchen area with new stove/oven mini fridge and all the kitchen implements you could need. Because there is not a bathroom in the Duke, Kym and Rick built a separate building off to the side that contains a huge shower, toilet and sink. What a great idea. Each of the units they rent has about 1/5 of an acre of private tree lined property. There is a barbecue and a fire pit. Kym and Rick had really thought of everything. We had picked up some fennel sausages from the farm shop near Justin and Maryann's house, cooked them up for dinner and got a good nights sleep. Check out the Duke's website: www.quirky-holidays-cornwall.co.uk
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