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County Gate is located on the A39 atop a high ridge overlooking Bristol Bay to the north and the East Lyn Valley to the south. Its name derives from its position on the boundary between the counties of Somerset and Devon. When Martha and I first visited County Gate in 2001, there was a small tourist office staffed by a person brimming with information about the region. He gave us directions for walking to a nearby first-century AD Roman fortlet, which overlooks Bristol Bay and, beyond it, Wales on the far shore. On our most recent visit, in 2011, the tourist office was no longer open, but there were helpful information signs. From the small parking lot, a trail leads north, descending the hillside to the South West Coast Path, and another trail heads downhill to the south to meet the Coleridge Way.

Really nice highlight not to miss

Lovely collection of small waterfalls. Just watch the trail as it's quite steep and slippy in places.

This valley is offering a special microclimate, much milder and without the heavy winds of the open planes. plants are growing here which only a few hundred yards away have not succeeded to survive. Even rhododendron is growing in big bushes. if someone wanted to live in Exmoor this valley would be a perfect hideaway. No surprise that apparently there was apparently an ancient settlement. Remains however are rather scattered.

along old mossy trees

view towards east

Sat on the border between Devon and Somerset, a lovely warm fire and a friendly welcome await you as you enter, with choices for hot and cold items from the menu, or a refreshing drink. A wonderful little stopping point with free car parking nearby.

The first name John has been widespread since biblical times, and so it should not surprise us to find a whole series of blessed and saints with this name over the two millennia of Christianity. At the threshold from the Old to the New Testament we encounter John the Baptist (also John Baptist), to whom most of the churches dedicated to John are dedicated. But one of the four men who wrote the New Testament Gospels also bears this name. This church in Countyisbury is dedicated to him, JOHN THE EVANGELIST. A long church tradition has regarded the evangelist as identical with the apostle John mentioned in the Bible, but this is doubted in biblical scholarship. "The Gospel of John exerts a peculiar fascination. It is difficult to escape its solemn, sometimes mystical language. It addresses deep human needs and longings: hunger and thirst, the search for fulfilling eternal life, the longing for personal communion with God.” (Franz-Josef Ortkemper)

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