UK Road Trip Part 2: Devon.
By Contributing Columnist AmyMark aka AmyOrangeJuice
Right everyone, out of the van, we have arrived in Devon. Just to the North of Cornwall. Devon is a large county, lapped by the English Chanel on its south coast and battered by the Atlantic on its northern coast. In the centre is England’s largest wilderness, Dartmoor, with High Tors, waterfalls, babbling brooks and wild Dartmoor Ponies! So lets start in the moors, they abound with legend and myth from the Celtic times and are rich in mineral deposits which brought people here to mine the copper and tin below the soil for centuries. Mystic Earth Healing Jewelery gets her inspiration from these tales
All across the top of the high moor are a series of Celtic crosses, used to mark the way for funeral processions from the isolated hamlets to the churchyards of the larger villages and weathered by hundreds of years of high winds and lashing rain. These beautiful, simple crosses remind me of the work of Deborah Jones Jewelery, who lives on the edge of the moor herself
If we drive way up to the north coast of Devon the landscape is much more like that of Cornwall, windswept beaches and high cliffs with large expanses of sand and rock outcrops. One famous surfing beach in this area is Croyde and (I hope you dont mind) as I am a Devon artist who is greatly inspired by the landscape around me I have included one of my panels of Croyde Bay 
The whole of Devon is dominated by the sea, many small fishing villages dot the coastline; with a great deal of its borders being made up of coast, this wonderful pendant, by another talented Devonian really sums up the love of the sea most of us who live here have
As you move further south through the county the landscape becomes gentler, the hills roll towards the sea and the clear waters of the Jurassic Coastline await you. This whole stretch of the Devon coastline is a World Heritage Site and as well as calm seas there are beautiful gardens and stately homes. Which this lovely brooch reminds me of!
Devon is a pretty relaxing place and there are lots of sport and leisure activities to take part in!
Much of Devon’s employment comes from the tourist industry, the clean beaches and gorgeous rolling countryside make it a wonderful place for a traditional British seaside holiday, brilliantly summed up by this great bag!
Right, quick cup of tea at my house and feed the cat, then we are off to Somerset, shame we have just missed the Glastonbury festival!
Where is Devon? Look it up on a map here: http://maps.google.com/
This is a two part series, take a look at Part I.












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