In a county replete with astounding cream teas, Primrose Cottage in Lustleigh serves the best.

Set in the wooded Dartmoor village famed for its Cleave, Lustleigh avoids the worst of the tourist influxes suffered by Widecombe and Haytor. Its thatched cottages centre around the church and its neighbour Primrose Cottage. As well as astoundingly good cream teas (served since the 19th century) the tea rooms also have an incredible selection of homemade cakes.

Work it all off with a walk along Lustleigh Cleave, a steep wooded valley through which the River Bovey bubbles.

Lustleigh is a 10 minute drive north of Bovey Tracey and about 45 minutes from Exeter.

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Burgh Island is a tiny lump just off the south coast of Devon, opposite Bigbury on Sea. At low tide the island is connected to the mainland by a strip of sand but this disappears at high tide.

A tractor on stilts (seriously) ferries visitors across the waves to the now remote island. A happy couple of hours can be spent exploring the ragged coastline, excellent ale house and art deco Burgh Island Hotel.

Bigbury on Sea, south Devon

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