{"id":22071,"date":"2016-08-05T22:30:08","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T15:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-okehampton-devon\/"},"modified":"2016-08-05T22:32:44","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T15:32:44","slug":"lets-move-to-okehampton-devon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-okehampton-devon\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Okehampton, Devon"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFriday night is a sight to behold, especially in Ten Tors seasonWhat\u2019s going for it? Traffic jams. That\u2019s all I remember of childhood trips to Okehampton. The A30. Bumper to bumper. Hot Chocolate on the radio. Volvo hanging together by a thread. The promise of the summer holiday to come slowly dissolving amid exhaust fumes. I barely clocked the town around us as we inched through, its whitewashed terraces and glinting granite passing by in a ghostly smudge. Now \u2013 luxury! \u2013 the A30 whips by on a bypass (though the traffic jams, at summer\u2019s height, are still chronic), meaning you have to actually go to Okehampton to go to it. And so I did. Equipped with a pasty from Endacott\u2019s, step outside the car and the whitewashed smudge transforms into rather a jolly place. Why, it has the last working water-powered forge in England! See what I missed! Okehampton\u2019s centuries as an isolated garrison town defending Dartmoor\u2019s edge give it a \u201crestaurant at the end of the universe\u201d feel. It knows how to have a good time. Friday night is a sight to behold, especially in Ten Tors season, when local hostelries are awash with brawny beefcakes supping soda water (before) or sinking 10 pints (after).The case against There\u2019s not much to the town, and not much around, so don\u2019t come expecting the Left Bank. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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