Manaton to Lustleigh

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Preston and I had a fantastic 4hr round walk through the wood from Manaton to Lustleigh ... through the woods down to the Bovey River ....and then on through Lustleigh Cleave and down to the Village and then at last to the Cleave Pub .. very nice but not what it was. What it was was a VERY friends family pub and now its its very tasteful and you could swear you are i Surrey ....the old family room with its endless old games and drawing pads has gone. the wonderful old back bar has been tarted up and is like a rather good version of a Frog and Ferret anywhere from here to East Anglia . On the other hand the glorious church in Lustleigh is worth shouting about. There is a wonderful screen and amazingly a Rood above it ... to the South is a lovely little chapel off the nave built in the late middle ages . The man who built it died in the North and despite his daughter's best entreateses the local Bishops would not allow him to be disinterred and brought back to rest. Both these bishops died within 4 weeks. So when she asked the third Exeter Bishop ... he wisely aged to the request.
All left after the pub is the equally pleasant 2hr walk back via Water

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