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Enjoy Your Beer With The Boats!
johngayton Says: The Bar pub here in Instow is just across the road from the seawall and you are more than welcome to take your beer and sit on the wall watching the boats.The Bar itself is a pleasant little pub, the beer is reasonably-priced and locals and staff are always friendly. It also...
johngayton Says: I don't know whether it's pre-programmed into us little boys or whether it's a pre-post-modernist-anti-feminist reactionary thing but there is still a certain satisfaction in going out with your Dad and building sandcastles - and here we have father and son (not me BTW)...
johngayton Says: Even on a grey post-Christmas December afternoon, with a chill northernly wind blowing in from The Atlantic, Instow still has its attractions. Where better to take your dog for some exercise than the low-tide sands of the beach with driftwood aplenty as "chase and fetch"...
The Wayfarer Inn: If They Have Their Own Fishing Boat...
johngayton Says: ...what's the point in eating anything else?? (Tho' I must admit to being tempted by the home-made faggots!!!)The Wayfarer here in Instow is tucked up a small lane just up from the beach and like the town itself is another of North Devon's little gems. This is a "praaper"...
johngayton Says: Because Instow is on the bus route between Barnstaple to Bideford, Appledore and Westward Ho! there are buses passing through every 10 minutes during the day and about every 30 minutes in the evenings.The main service provider is First Devon, buses #1 and #2, both of which...
Johns of Instow: You want it? They have it!
cuckoo Says: Instow may only be a small village, but it is lucky enough to have a great, family-run supermarket. You are able to buy most things there that you will need, and they sell lots of locally produced foods aswell. You are also able to buy Clotted Cream there, which you can post...
cuckoo Says: I found this poem just recently. It was written by a man who used to live in this village. Although it was written in the last century, much of Instow and its lifestyle remains unchanged. If you should care to come with meI'd take you south of Severn Sea(Prepared for sun or...
johngayton Says: By all accounts the BBC show "Top Gear" is the car-fanatics equivalent of the mag I subscribe to: "Train Spotters Monthly", and features its hugely enviously-paid presenter Jeremy Beadle (oops, sorry, Clarkson) driving around in a wierd array of infernal combusting-engined...
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I found this poem just recently. It was written by a man who used to live in this village. Although it was written in the last century, much of Instow and its...
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The small village of Instow is in North Devon, and the mouth of 2 rivers, the Torridge with the town of Bideford 3 miles up river, and the Taw, with the my now home town of Barnstaple, 6 miles up...
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Yet Another of North Devon's Little Hidden Gems
The village of Instow is situated about 6 miles Southeast of Barnstaple at the twin estuaries of the Taw and Torridge rivers and really is well worth a visit, especially when cycling the Tarka Trail....
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This view is of the village of Appledore on the opposite side of the River Torridge from Instow ~~~~~~~ If you look carefully on the left of this picture, where the sand is in the shadow, you can...
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