![]() People have camped on the banks of Badgworthy Water for years but the trust is planning to upgrade it and open a second cafe in the farmhouse. South of the farmhouse is the second spot – the Cloud Farm campsite. ![]() But the idea is to use it to create a “gateway” to buildings and landscapes that Blackmore did depict, such as the Church of St Mary, where Blackmore’s grandfather was a rector and which the author borrowed for the marriage between Lorna and Ridd. The farmhouse does not appear to feature in the book and may have been named after its publication in honour of it. The farmhouse, which will be home to a refurbished tearoom called The Buttery, is close to a 17th-century bridge and ford. The first is the Lorna Doone farmhouse in the picture-postcard village of Malmsmead, near Lynton. ![]() The National Trust’s acquisition consists of two sites. Set on 17th-century Exmoor around the banks of the Badgworthy Water river, Blackmore’s book tells the story of the Doone clan, nobles turned outlaws, and farmer’s son John Ridd, whose quest for revenge becomes complicated when he and Lorna begin an illicit relationship.īlackmore weaved real events, historical figures and local legends into his fiction and one of the joys of the book for fans is to try to work out which bits are real, which made up, and visiting Exmoor to try to pinpoint the locations in the book. ![]()
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