Gypsy Wagon Devon

With the countryside sorted at your base, that leaves the Devon coast for you to visit. Bude’s surfing beaches (20 minutes’ drive) are a grand chance to get stuck into the ocean froth; if you’re not a huge appreciator of dips in open sea, there’s also a semi-natural sea pool for gentler soaks. You can also take in the scenes at Water Cove Beach (20 minutes) from the clifftop trails, perhaps picking yourself a suitable spot on the golden sand as you survey from above. Another spot with especially gorgeous sea views is Tintagel Castle (45 minutes). There’s a beach below the castle where wizard Merlin is supposed to have lived, and Arthurian legends are just as common in the main castle grounds over the drawbridge. Get to know a little more about the rumoured witches and wizards of the past at the Boscastle (35 minutes). That’ll give you a break between hikes in Dartmoor National Park (half an hour) and watersports at Upper Tamar Lake (20 minutes).