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 RM0/057- Edition 2,000

MINEHEAD

RM0/57 is the seventh open top in our range of Routemasters and is part of a ‘Double Bill’ this month with RM0/58 Eastbourne opposite. I suppose Minehead is most famous for Butlins Holiday Camp, known all over Britain for its family holidays and entertainments. However theres lots more to offer in this seaside town being so close to Exmoor and not far away is the famous Doone Country, immortalised by R D Blackmore in Lorna Doone. Many Red Deer are to be seen as well as the tough and shaggy Exmoor ponies. The West Somerset Steam Railway with its nine old-time stations will take you on a journey of pure nostalgia ; along the coast, past Watchet harbour and Blue Anchor Bay then through the Quantock Hills to Bishop's Lydeard. Dunster Castle, only 2 miles from Minehead, is a stunning example of a fortified castle. It is open to visitors and contains many superb exhibits from its exciting history. The village of Dunster is rightly famous for its many fascinating features such as the Yarn Market, the Doll's Museum, the Nunnery and the magnificent rood screen in St George's Church. Some visitors even go to Dunster just to experience the range and quality of its tea-shops. Porlock village, 5 miles to the west of Minehead, has found its own place in history in the phrase 'a person from Porlock'. The story is told that Samuel Taylor Coleridge once woke up with a complete poem clear in his head. He started to write it down "In Xanadu did Kublai Khan a stately pleasure-dome decree....". He had written about 50 lines when there was a knock on the door and a person from Porlock called about some minor matter. When the man had gone Coleridge sat down to write the rest of the poem but couldn't remember it, which is why this great work remained unfinished.

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