British Travel Journal

TAKING THE slow road

I'm driving along narrow and windy roads on the South Devon coast. My phone's Google Maps app keeps telling me its 'rerouting', as my eta continues to increase. The app is desperately trying to make me turn left at every opportunity. But the car I'm following in our group onto the next destination isn't turning left. No, I'm not lost, I'm taking the slow road.

I'm driving part of the South West 660 driving route. Like it sounds, it's a mammoth 660-mile circuit beginning in Dorset, running along Devon and Cornwall's southern sides, and looping back via the county's northern coastlines, finishing in Somerset.

It’s not essential to be a car enthusiast to embark on the trip, just be sure to pack your sense of adventure. The route is broken into 12 sections and I'm doing the third segment, plus part of

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