Budleigh in books: Part I
From time to time I've been asked by the Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival organisers to give a tour of the town's landmarks associated with creative people of the past and present who've lived or who are living in Budleigh. That includes writers, artists, musicians and scientists. A bit of exercise is involved with some uphill stretches, but there are good views to make up for that, and sometimes some benches. When I've done this sort of thing in the past, people asked if there was a book or leaflet where all that information was written down. Well, there isn't really! So I thought I'd have a go here, but focusing on writers who have used Budleigh Salterton as a setting for their novels or who've described it in their memoirs. Many writers have mentioned Budleigh Salterton or a similar name evoking it, among the most famous being Noel Coward and J.K. Rowling. If, like me, you think this is one of the most romantic...