Distances.
| Devon Border | ||
| Sidmouth | 22 | miles |
| Exeter | 18 | ” |
| Moretonhampstead | 13½ | ” |
| Two Bridges | 12¼ | ” |
| Tavistock | 8¼ | ” |
| Total | 74 | miles |
| Exeter to Plymouth viâ Ashburton | 44 | miles |
| Exeter to Launceston viâ Okehampton | 42 | ” |
Roads.
Hills steep and frequent.
Surface: rather rough on the Moor; between Exeter and Launceston, variable; between Exeter and Plymouth, good.
II
THE HEART OF DEVON
To hurry in Devonshire is absurd. In the first place, it is contrary to the spirit of the country: no one does it. In the second place, it is impossible.
I cannot conscientiously recommend Devon as a motoring field for those who find great speed essential to their happiness, for to them the alternate use of the gear lever and the brake is apt to be exasperating. But to many of us the reduction of our average mileage is a small matter in comparison with certain important things; such as scarlet poppies in the corn, and high banks fringed with ferns, and cottages smothered in flowers, and wide purple moors, and the rippling of emerald seas, and the complete serenity that fills the heart in Devon.