Exmoor, Southwest England — Along the Lorna Doone Trail
The moorlands of Great Britain have provided the inspiration and location for so much British literature from Emily Bronte’s “Wuthering Heights” to Daphne Du Maurier’s “Jamaica Bay”. Exmoor is no exception. This rugged, wild land on the West Somerset/North Devon border with its rolling hills, deep valleys and air of mystery is essentially unchanged from the time Richard Dodderidge (RD) Blackmore used it as a setting for his novel “Lorna Doone.” Set in the 17th century during the turbulent years…