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Porlock
Buried at the bottom of a valley, with the slopes of Exmoor all about, the small, unspoiled town of Porlock lies near "Doone Country," setting for R.D. Blackmore's swashbuckling saga Lorna Doone. Porlock had already achieved a place in literary history by the late 1790s, when Samuel Taylor Coleridge declared it was a "man from Porlock" who interrupted his opium trance while the poet was composing "Kubla Khan."
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Travel Deals in The West Country
- Jun deal: Holiday Inn Express Bristol City Centre Fr $140+/Nt Expedia
- Jun deal: Redwood & Country Club Fr $79+/Nt Save with Expedia, $18/night less
- 4-Star Plymouth Sale! 4 Nts + Air Fr $1524 Expedia
- Jun deal: Mercure Bristol Holland House Fr $141+/Nt — $141 Expedia
- Book 3 Nts in Bristol this Jun Fr $132+/Nt — $132 Expedia
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