The garden, on Bolton Road (Bury), was scruffy and overgrown, but the old, unused stone gatepost still had some majesty.
It had a big cross in the middle of it, and the word Lynmouth engraved near the top of it:
It looked as if it might've been made of limestone.
Have just discovered that Lynmouth is a beautiful village on the north Devon coast, which alongside another picturesque village, Lynton, is surrounded by stunning scenery, with some of the rock formations being made of very old limestone.
Have also just read that this area around Lynmouth and Lynton is affectionately known as Little Switzerland, with this resemblance having been popularised by Romantic poets such as Wordsworth and Coleridge.
Moreover, Coleridge Way, which, all being well, I may walk next summer, ends at Lynmouth and Lynton (The Walking Capital of Exmoor).
While walking on Bolton Road, near the Wellington pub:
I never expected to come across the Lynmouth stone gatepost, which lead to me finding out about Little Switzerland (Lynmouth and Lynton). Moreover, in 1797, Wordsworth and Coleridge visited the Valley of the Rocks, about half a mile from the village of Lynton.
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