Devon is a large county in the far south west of England. The only thing that stands between Devon and North America is Cornwall and the Scilly islands. It is a county of contrasts in that it boasts the large cities of Plymouth, Exeter and even Torquay and Torbay, all in the south of the county, to Dartmoor, the large hilly wilderness that sits in the centre of the county like a dartboard.

It boasts a southern and northern coastline and again there is a major contrast between the two. The south is milder and sheltered and boasts hundreds of rivers and tree-lined creeks ranging from tiny streams up to the mighty river Tamar crossed by Brunel