Hilary Bradt co-founded Bradt Travel Guides in 1974, but now lives in semi-retirement in Seaton, East Devon. After nearly 50 years of writing guidebooks to Africa and South America, she has embraced her chosen home to the extent of insisting that such a large, varied and beautiful county deserved three Slow Travel guides, not just one. A keen walker, she has covered many miles of the South West Coast Path and inland footpaths. Most Saturdays see her taking part in one of Devon's parkruns (5 km, but she's appropriately slow), and - during the summer - a swim in the sea, just a few minutes away, is always a pleasure. She is a productive member of the South West Sculptors' Association and lectures regularly on travel-related topics at libraries and literary festivals, both in Devon and further afield.After many decades living in various other parts of Britain, Janice Booth settled in East Devon ('within sound of the sea') in 2001, and enjoyed exploring her adopted home county on local buses until her death in February 2023. As a wartime toddler she lived briefly in Colyton (East Devon), where her mother took her 'to the seaside' at Seaton via a branch of the old Southern Railway that ran where the Seaton Tramway now rattles to and fro. On family holidays she tasted her first clotted cream in Sidmouth aged eight, rode on the Burgh Island tractor aged ten, and rock-hopped along the shore near Wembury in her early teens. She was fascinated by Devon folklore, co-wrote (with Hilary) Bradt's Slow Guide to East Devon & the Jurassic Coast, and - further afield - was co-author of Bradt's Rwanda.

'Eye-opening and wonderful.'The Sunday Times Magazine'All of the usual characterful prose that makes this series so readable.'The Bookseller'An awesome handbook to the nooks, crannies, historical gems and gardens in East Devon.'Devon Life

• GOING SLOW IN EAST DEVON& THE JURASSIC COASTA taste of East Devon, The appeal of country churches, NGS Gardens & Open Studios, Car-free travel, Active East Devon, Natural East Devon. How this book is arranged.1 EXETER & THE EXE ESTUARYGetting there & around, Starting with the Romans, Exeter, Countess Wear, The Exe Estuary2 EAST TO HONITONGetting there & around, The Killerton Estate, From the M5 to Honiton, Honiton3 THE CULM VALLEY & THE BLACKDOWN HILLSGetting there & around, The Culm Valley, The Blackdown Hills4 THE RIVER OTTER & THE HEART OF EAST DEVONGetting there & around, Clyst St Mary to Newton Poppleford, Ottery St Mary & area, The southern Otter, Around the River Sid, From Sid to Seaton, Food & drink along the A30525 THE SEASIDE TOWNSGetting there & around, Watersports & activities, Budleigh Salterton & area, Sidmouth & area, Branscombe & Beer, Seaton & area, Axmouth6 DEVON'S FAR EAST 239Getting there & around, West of the Axe, The Colys & area, East of the Axe7 DORSET'S JURASSIC COASTGetting there & around, Lyme Regis & Charmouth, Golden Cap to West Bay, West Bay to Abbotsbury, Weymouth & around, The Isle of Purbeck & the end of the Jurassic CoastINDEX

Hilary Bradt co-founded Bradt Travel Guides in 1974, but now lives in semi-retirement in Seaton, East Devon. After nearly 50 years of writing guidebooks to Africa and South America, she has embraced her chosen home to the extent of insisting that such a large, varied and beautiful county deserved three Slow Travel guides, not just one. A keen walker, she has covered many miles of the South West Coast Path and inland footpaths. Most Saturdays see her taking part in one of Devon's parkruns (5 km, but she's appropriately slow), and - during the summer - a swim in the sea, just a few minutes away, is always a pleasure. She is a productive member of the South West Sculptors' Association and lectures regularly on travel-related topics at libraries and literary festivals, both in Devon and further afield.After many decades living in various other parts of Britain, Janice Booth settled in East Devon ('within sound of the sea') in 2001, and enjoyed exploring her adopted home county on local buses until her death in February 2023. As a wartime toddler she lived briefly in Colyton (East Devon), where her mother took her 'to the seaside' at Seaton via a branch of the old Southern Railway that ran where the Seaton Tramway now rattles to and fro. On family holidays she tasted her first clotted cream in Sidmouth aged eight, rode on the Burgh Island tractor aged ten, and rock-hopped along the shore near Wembury in her early teens. She was fascinated by Devon folklore, co-wrote (with Hilary) Bradt's Slow Guide to East Devon & the Jurassic Coast, and - further afield - was co-author of Bradt's Rwanda.

'Eye-opening and wonderful.'The Sunday Times Magazine'All of the usual characterful prose that makes this series so readable.'The Bookseller'An awesome handbook to the nooks, crannies, historical gems and gardens in East Devon.'Devon Life

• GOING SLOW IN EAST DEVON& THE JURASSIC COASTA taste of East Devon, The appeal of country churches, NGS Gardens & Open Studios, Car-free travel, Active East Devon, Natural East Devon. How this book is arranged.1 EXETER & THE EXE ESTUARYGetting there & around, Starting with the Romans, Exeter, Countess Wear, The Exe Estuary2 EAST TO HONITONGetting there & around, The Killerton Estate, From the M5 to Honiton, Honiton3 THE CULM VALLEY & THE BLACKDOWN HILLSGetting there & around, The Culm Valley, The Blackdown Hills4 THE RIVER OTTER & THE HEART OF EAST DEVONGetting there & around, Clyst St Mary to Newton Poppleford, Ottery St Mary & area, The southern Otter, Around the River Sid, From Sid to Seaton, Food & drink along the A30525 THE SEASIDE TOWNSGetting there & around, Watersports & activities, Budleigh Salterton & area, Sidmouth & area, Branscombe & Beer, Seaton & area, Axmouth6 DEVON'S FAR EAST 239Getting there & around, West of the Axe, The Colys & area, East of the Axe7 DORSET'S JURASSIC COASTGetting there & around, Lyme Regis & Charmouth, Golden Cap to West Bay, West Bay to Abbotsbury, Weymouth & around, The Isle of Purbeck & the end of the Jurassic CoastINDEX