1936 On the Continent

King’s Arms
    C HEDDAR G ORGE
    The Cliff—and others
    D EVIZES
    The Bear
    B ATH
    The Pulteney
    G LASTONBURY
    The George Hotel
    The Old Pilgrim’s Inn
    G LOUCESTER
    The Bell
    The Fleece
    The New Inn
    W ELLS
    The Swan
    M INEHEAD
    The Metropole
    The Beach
    L YNMOUTH
    Bevans
    Lyndale
    Tor’s
    S OUTH M OULTON
    The George
    E XETER
    Rugemont
    The Royal Clarence
    P OST B RIDGE
    Good hotels in the middle of Dartmoor.
    All C ORNWALL AND D EVON have plenty of hotels.
    B IDBURY-ON -S EA
    Burgh Island Hotel
    H ARFORD , near Ivybridge
    Bullaven Farm Private Hotel
    H EXWORTHY
    Forest Inn
    L YDFORD
    Manor Hotel
    N ORTH B OVEY
    Manor House Hotel
    P LYMPTON , near Hardwick
    The Gables Guest House
    T ORQUAY
    Palace Hotel
    W ATERLOO C ROSS near Uffculme
    Old Well Road House
    W OODY B AY
    Manor House Hotel
    D ORCHESTER
    The Antelope
    The King’s Arms
    S ALISBURY
    Cathedral Hotel
ROUTE 6—THE SOUTH
    I F you have not time for a really happy tour east, north or west, then, rather than rushing round and seeing nothing, decide on this tour through Kent and Sussex. (Of course, if you’re a Kentish man, or a man of Kent, you will have to come through the hopfields, anyway.)
    You’ll see, though quite close to London, some really lovely country. The first part, through Gravesend and Chatham, you will hear the Thames boats hooting, but then turn inwards and wind your way through the small villages along the Chalk Downs to Faversham and Canterbury.
    At C ANTERBURY you will want a long time. There is much to see. And then go on foot, part, anyway, of the Pilgrims’ route, for that small track winds past farmhouses and country inns where you can get fine old Cherry Ale, which is only made in Kent (and we reckon it accounts for a good many of the pilgrims getting there).
    Now, again avoiding the high road, wind down through Ashford, Ham Street, to Romney Marsh, where you must read
Dim Church Flit
, in Kipling’s
Puck of Pook’s Hill
, and see the great raw-boned Romney Marsh sheep and hear the wind blow over those levels.
    Go to L YDD , the church is worth a visit; and you can get down to D UNGENESS P OINT , that is if you like bird sanctuaries.
    Those parts are all shingle—the people go about with boards called “Backsteyn” tied to their feet, rather like ski.
    Rye and Battle are well worth a visit. Then, beyond the Pevensey Levels, comes L EWES .
    Now it’s up to you—if you like B RIGHTON , and seaside places, turn south; if you don’t, avoid the south road like the plague and bear north to Hurstpierpoint, and come no further south than Petworth and Midhurst, when you must be very careful and find a road which leads to Cocking, a strategetic point in the middle of the south downs; from Cocking a small road runs due west right along the ridge of the downs to Harting and E. Meon.
Isle of Wight
    If you want to go round the I SLE OF W IGHT drop down to P ORTSMOUTH —you can cross by ferry and go round the island and back from Yarmouth into the heart of the New Forest, and drive back through the trees; and with luck see the wild ponies by Beaulieu Abbey and Lyndhurst, and keep clear of all towns till, from a hilltop, you see Winchester, once the capital of England.
    Leave time to come back through Haslemere and drink his health in the Devil’s Punch Bowl, through Guildford, and so by Kingston and Richmond Hill back to London.
    Hotels and Road Houses in towns, or near the routes, mentioned.
    KENT:
    A DDINGTON
    The Greenway
    C OBHAM
    Laughing Water Cafe
    H ILDENBOROUGH
    The Old Barn
    White Steppes Café
    H OTHFIELD
    Mill House
    K INGSDOWN , near Sevenoaks
    Manor House
    O RPINGTON
    The Lagoon Swimming Pool
    P EMBURY
    Woodsgate Guest House
    S TANSTEAD , near Wrotham
    The Old Malt House
    W ROTHAM
    Moat Farm Roadhouse, London Road
    W ROTHAM H EATH
    Napicar Brasserie, London Road
    C ANTERBURY
    The Abbots
    The County
    The Royal Fountain
    R YE
    The George
    The Old Hope Anchor
    Ye Olde Flushing Inne
    The Cinqueports
    SUSSEX AND HANTS:
    B OGNOR R EGIS
    Craigwell Park Club, Aldwick Bay Estate
    E AST W ITTERING
    The Lanka Tea House, Shore Road
    H ASTINGS
    Queen’s Hotel
    H URSTMO C EAUX
    Monkey Puzzle
    S AYERS C OMMON, H URSTPIERPOINT
    Strood’s Hotel
    W INCHESTER
    The George
    The Norman Mede
    The Royal
    There are many good hotels in the Isle of Wight, and also in the New Forest
    On the return through Surrey:
    B AGSHOT
    Pantiles Restaurant
    G UILDFORD (Bramley)
    Bramley Grange, Swimming Pool
    D ORKING
    Watermill Café
    G ODALMING
    The Lake