England's Little Switzerland: Lynton, Lynmouth and Valley of Rocks (Exmoor National Park)

What's up beautiful people? It's our second morning here in lovely Exmoor. Hanni is making the coffees. And the sandwiches. Yeah! Had a very chilled morning just sitting outside here having breakfast and playing cards and now we're off to the nearby towns of Linton and Linmouth. 32 minutes and we will be there. Beautiful. Lovely. Parked up in Linmouth which is right on the coast here and it's like a twin set of towns. So you've got Linmouth which is down on the coast and you've got Linton which is up at the top. We get to go on a water-powered railway. A fully water-powered funicular railway. The only one right? I think it's like the steepest and maybe the last of its kind in the world. So that'll be fun today. Look there it is. Speak of the devil and it shall appear. There it is. That was so well timed. We're very good at that aren't we? We've got impeccable timing. We're here on the Esplanade. Esplanade car park. Oh yeah it cost us nine pounds. Nine pounds for six hours. Which i think is like a little bit steep but it's probably reasonable for around here. We're gonna have a little explore of Linmouth. Maybe go to some nice shops. Get a coffee. Maybe a little cake. That sounds like a good plan. And then get the cliff railway. There we are. That's what it's called. Yeah get the cliff railway. Get it up and then explore Linton and then there's a walk that you can do that goes to the valley of the rocks over here. Very cute. This area is known as the little Switzerland of England and I do sort of get it. We're just saying that we kind of we can see it. Having been in Switzerland, actual Switzerland, that was definitely felt more Swiss obviously. But I sort of get it with like the little buildings and then the river with the bridge going across and it's like the houses are all nestled right at the bottom of a big sort of hill. So I do sort of get it. Yeah definitely. They've got an avocado one too. An avocado with smileys. That's fun. I like that one. That was brilliant. We just met Morris Bishop of Morris Bishop's Gallery here. Maurice. Maurice Bishop. We just met Maurice Bishop of Morris Bishop's Gallery here. He was just a lovely guy. He stopped to chat with us even though he was in the middle of painting and he was 80 years old and he said he just loved doing it. Was it 82? Yeah I couldn't believe it. He was like fit as a fiddle. I'm in Lindon Library. So much cinnamon. That is perfect. Now it's time to ride the cliff railway. I'm excited. It was opened in 1890 and before then people just used donkeys and horses to get up and when they had a road they used horse-drawn carriages but obviously as soon as they built this cliff railway that became the most popular thing to use. That's how much it costs. The Linton and Linmouth cliff railway is powered by the weight of water from the nearby West Lynn River. The cars weigh several tons and counterbalance each other over a pulley system. Ready? Yes. Off we go. River water is fed into tanks under the floor of the upper car and the lower driver discharges water until the top car is heavier. The drivers then use pre-arranged bell signals to unlock the safety lock and release the brakes and then the top car rolls down the rails pulling the lower car up. It's faster than I thought it would be. Whereas most cliff railways require electrical power for operation or re-pumping water, the Linton and Linmouth cliff railway doesn't require any external electrical power. Even the brakes are powered by water making it one of only three fully water-powered railways in the world. Thank you. Cheers. That was rapid. It was quite bumpy as well actually. So the bottom is Linmouth at the mouth of the river and now we're at Linton in Lynn town. We mainly came up here to go on a little walk over to the valley of rocks. I think it's like a three kilometre round trip. Apparently this is like a really awesome geological formation. I haven't really looked at any photos because I want to be surprised. There are feral goats. And the feral goats are there. So we're hoping they're at the valley of rocks today. He's like, I don't want to walk on the grass. I'm going to walk on the wall. It doesn't look like there's going to be any danger of us not seeing the goats today. We've found the feral goats, that's for sure. They're just walking on the walls. They're right by the cars. They're everywhere. Look at that for a view. So this is the valley of rocks here. All of these goats. So we're here. We're going to walk down the road. This is like where the valley of the rock says it is on Google maps. And then we can like sort of walk up here. We can see the tower and then we can go back round on the coastal path. So this is apparently a dry riverbed. There's two theories for why it is now dry and not any longer the East Lynn River, which is the one that comes out at Linmouth. The first theory is that this was the original path of the river and then it diverted to take the shorter route, which now comes out at Linmouth. And the second theory is that that was always the way the river went. And then about 20,000 years ago in the last ice age, there was a really big sheet of ice that came up and then the river had to divert to go around at that point. But then it reverted to its other route when the ice retreated. Just over to our right here. This is a cricket pitch. And look at that. That is probably the best view that you'll ever get from a cricket pitch, right? I think so. Look at those trees. They've been like permanently blown this way. You can tell where the wind comes from, can't you? Look, that rock over there looks like a face. It's got an eye and a nose and a mouth. Yeah. Look. PPB. For those of you who don't know. It's a perfectly placed bench. Look. Whoa. That is spectacular. Up we go. This is definitely a path. Sure. Yep. Time to get the heart pounding. Got a really nice breeze, though. So actually, it feels lovely. Thank you. Check this out. Tiny secluded beach. There's actually two people down on there. Oh, yeah. There's a path that you can get all the way down here. Oh, there's a little ledge for your feet. That's perfect. We're right on the edge now. We've joined back up onto the southwest coast path. Back into Linton, doing the rest of the loop. We made it back to Linton. That was a lovely little circular walk. Exmoor ponies. They are so pretty. Massive thanks to the Best of Exmoor for hosting us on this trip. The Best of Exmoor is a local family run business offering a huge selection of self-catering cottages in the area. Click the link in the description and use the code Loz's Leisure or snap the QR code on screen now and you'll get £30 off any holiday cottage stay on their website. If you've enjoyed this video, please do leave it a like and consider subscribing for more. Ding. Thank you so much for watching. Big love. It feels good around here. I'll butt you. Oh god, sorry.