NICOLA McCAFFERTY fulfils her dream of a road tour with friends and samples Dartmouth's delights in the south Devon area

BY CHARLOTTE CIVIL

THE British coastline offers huge variety, from wild sandy expanses to rugged headlands and picturesque bays. Here, LIZ BIRD, co-author of Britain's Best Seaside Escapes, suggests some top family-friendly locations

SALOME MUNOE takes a trip to a Holiday Park in Devon

"SANDCASTLE, ice-cream, blue train, swim, see dinosaurs, ice-cream" came the seemingly endless list of demands of our two-year-old.

AH – family holidays at the British Seaside.

THEMED Fawlty Towers weekends are now on offer at Torquay's Hotel Gleneagles, the original inspiration for the BBC's hit 1970s comedy series.

I HAVE been going to Cornwall on holiday for about 30 years, always to the same area around Land’s End and always with the same sense of excitement.

WE HEAR them long before we see them. Into the pre-dawn half-light erupts an extraordinary, drawn-out groan, harsh and amazingly loud in the dawn silence of Exmoor.

TYPE the words “Soar Mill Cove” into an internet search engine and you’re likely to get around 28,000 hits – a remarkable amount, considering it’s a hidden gem, tucked away in south Devon.