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I'm so glad that you all enjoyed seeing the photos of Cockington Village in the last post, so really if you aren't too bored here are a few more photos of our trip to Devon!

We visited Buckfast Abbey which is a beautiful Abbey and also home to a community of Benedictine Monks. Photography was not allowed inside the Abbey so nothing of inside to show you I'm afraid.

In the Abbey grounds there are also gift shops which of course we visited but one of the newest additions to the Abbey grounds is this, which is the Monastic Produce Shop which gives you the opportunity to see crafts & products that are produced amongst the Benedictine monasteries and convents throughout the world, many of which are made by the monks and nuns themselves.

This is the Monastic Gift shop below, you had to cross over the little bridge to enter the shop and in the water was a Loch Ness Monster which was made out of some type of moss or grass!
I bought a huge bar of honey soap from the gift soap which smells just divine, and on our way out we dropped a few pennies into the water and made wishes as many had done before us.



We also visited Dartmoor which is just the most amazingly beautiful place.



We loved these rocks, they were huge ~ of course James climbed to the top!



There is so much natural beauty on Dartmoor I could have spent all day just taking photo's, the colours are just amazing and the differences you experience travelling from one part to the other are unbelievable.



We drove past Dartmoor Prison and by this point the weather was so dark and damp, mist was covering everywhere. You certainly know why the prison was built there and why so many writers have took inspiration from the moor.



As we drove further on through the moor the weather changed so dramatically the sun shone and it was so warm, such a difference from earlier in the day.




We also visited Widecombe-in-the-Moor, as its name suggests, is positioned in the heart of Dartmoor. The village is well known for its church, known as "The Cathedral of the Moors", due to its large size in such a small village. It is also known for the Widdecombe Fair.



And I shall leave you lastly with these couple of photos of where we used to sit upon the rocks and look out upon the wonderful view with waves lapping right by ourside.



We visited many more places in the week and took many more photo's but I am aware that you really must be bored by now, so I am restraining myself and not becoming a holiday bore (unless that is far too late of course! Eeek!)
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