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            A week in the West Country

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            Greetings, All :)

            I will be visiting the UK again in May 2009 and a week down around Devon and Cornwall appeals to me.

            My current thinking is to take a train from London to a station somewhere in that area, hire a car, check into a nice B&B in a convenient location and do easy, gentle day trips to explore.

            Can anyone suggest a good place to base myself for exploring the region? I am considering Penzance at the moment because it has a railway station and it might be nice to do a day trip on the ferry to the Isles of Scilly. My only reservation is that Penzance is not particularly central to the region which might result in some fairly long day trips to reach parts of Devon. Of course, if the scenery (I will be taking a LOT of photographs) around Penzance, Land's End St Ives, etc is spectacular enough, I may not need to venture further afield.

            What are the 'must sees' in the region?

            Any advice would be greatly appreciated :)

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