Walks Westcountry

Not Martin but David Leonard BA (First-class Honours). I set this site up after heady success at a late-life degree in English literature persuaded me I was the next Jonathan Franzen. It was to promote my thriller which the only agent to read it called 'not very thrilling'.  Martin Dinham was a writing alias so I could live a normal life despite the anticipated mass adulation. The novels (two) both deservedly sank but I re-floated the site to record my walks and explorations of  England's West Country.

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Why bother? New walks or variations to old ones, more/better pictures maybe, quirky facts, legends, myths and nuggets from history. Might even be funny at times. Hope so. I live here and have explored the Westcountry most of my life, including walking every inch of the South West Coast Path at least once. I know the place. Warmed by the Atlantic, cooled by the breezes off it, and shaped by history, this peninsula is unique - and it's nice to share.