. The North Devon coast. verger,and we all know what broken reeds they are, torely upon for information. According to his tale, suffiicient for the manysimple folk who are ready for any legend, the altargates —he meant the doors in the rood-screen—** Do what ye will wi em, they wont shut, shows they was made fore the days oCromwell. For in they times all the gates o thaltars was copied arter the pattern o Scripturewhich sez : * An the gates o Heaven shall neverbe shut, either by day or by night. So now weknow ! The road to Ilfracombe winds round Combe-martin Bay, and, rising and falli
. The North Devon coast. verger,and we all know what broken reeds they are, torely upon for information. According to his tale, suffiicient for the manysimple folk who are ready for any legend, the altargates —he meant the doors in the rood-screen—** Do what ye will wi em, they wont shut, shows they was made fore the days oCromwell. For in they times all the gates o thaltars was copied arter the pattern o Scripturewhich sez : * An the gates o Heaven shall neverbe shut, either by day or by night. So now weknow ! The road to Ilfracombe winds round Combe-martin Bay, and, rising and falling abruptly, comesdown to Watermouth. Here an almost land-locked bay, with a little strand, and hills on eitherside, partly wooded, forms a haven, where it isalmost always calm, even when storms are ragingand a heavy sea running outside WidemouthHead and Burrow Nose, the two enclosing headlands are honeycombed with caves,prominent among them Smallmouth and Briarycaves. Like most things in the neighbourhood. WATERMOUTH CASTLE 8i of Ilfracombe, they are to be visited only by pay-ment. In every respect the best way to reachthem is by taking one of the rowing-boats that,with competitive boatmen, are always to be foundhere in summer. Watermouth Castle, lookinggrandly out from its sloping lawns upon the sea,should have a story. The ivy-clad, romantic-looking, turreted pile wears as genuine an air ofantiquity as Lee Abbey itself, but candour—
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