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Nº 268 September 2026

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Six real places from one region, dealt in visiting order — coffee through to where you’d sleep — from a different region each time you visit. Hover or tap a card for the listing’s own words.

Morning
The Hairy Barista
The Hairy Barista occupies a narrow shopfront on Totnes high street, pulling shots from a chocolatey Brazilian-Guatemalan blend it rotates with guest espressos from specialist roasters each month. Every dish on the counter is plant-based: soups, toasties, frittatas and superfood lattes made from organic, seasonal ingredients sourced locally where possible. The shop doubles as a community space, hosting live music, cacao ceremonies and sound baths in the evenings once the coffee machine cools. Totnes has long attracted an alternative crowd, and this cafe leans into that rather than away from it, pairing serious bean sourcing with kombucha on tap and medicinal teas alongside the flat whites. It closes early most days and does not open on Sundays, a rhythm that suits its regulars more than passing trade.
Coffee House · Totnes→ 12 km
Morning · Coffee House
The Hairy Barista
The Hairy Barista occupies a narrow shopfront on Totnes high street, pulling shots from a chocolatey Brazilian-Guatemalan blend it rotates with guest espressos from specialist roasters each month. Every dish on the counter is plant-based: soups, toasties, frittatas and superfood lattes made from organic, seasonal ingredients sourced locally where possible. The shop doubles as a community space, hosting live music, cacao ceremonies and sound baths in the evenings once the coffee machine cools. Totnes has long attracted an alternative crowd, and this cafe leans into that rather than away from it, pairing serious bean sourcing with kombucha on tap and medicinal teas alongside the flat whites. It closes early most days and does not open on Sundays, a rhythm that suits its regulars more than passing trade.
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Mid-morning
Olive's Pots
Olive's Pots occupies a single unit in Dartmouth Market Square, opened by potter Olivia in 2020 after she left a career in hospitality management following the first coronavirus lockdown. The studio teaches hand-building and wheel-throwing to complete beginners and experienced potters alike, and produces functional tableware and decorative pieces, including personalised commissions, sold alongside the workshop space. Classes run in small groups from the Market Square premises, with no other branches or franchised locations. The founding story, a hospitality worker retraining as a maker during the pandemic, has become part of the studio's identity, and it continues to trade from the same Dartmouth address five years on.
Ceramics · Dartmouth→ <1 km
Mid-morning · Ceramics
Olive's Pots
Olive's Pots occupies a single unit in Dartmouth Market Square, opened by potter Olivia in 2020 after she left a career in hospitality management following the first coronavirus lockdown. The studio teaches hand-building and wheel-throwing to complete beginners and experienced potters alike, and produces functional tableware and decorative pieces, including personalised commissions, sold alongside the workshop space. Classes run in small groups from the Market Square premises, with no other branches or franchised locations. The founding story, a hospitality worker retraining as a maker during the pandemic, has become part of the studio's identity, and it continues to trade from the same Dartmouth address five years on.
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Midday
The Seahorse
Mitch Tonks and Mat Prowse opened the Seahorse on the South Embankment in 2008 and still run it: Brixham-landed fish cooked over charcoal in a room that looks across the Dart, Italian in its instincts, with a roof terrace above. The Observer named it restaurant of the year in 2012, the Good Food Guide its seafood restaurant of the year in 2013, and the National Restaurant Awards placed it 28th in the country in 2023. Tonks and Prowse also built Rockfish, the seafood chain that grew from the same harbour — the Seahorse stands apart from it, a single room under its own company, and cooks like it.
Restaurant · Dartmouth→ <1 km
Midday · Restaurant
The Seahorse
Mitch Tonks and Mat Prowse opened the Seahorse on the South Embankment in 2008 and still run it: Brixham-landed fish cooked over charcoal in a room that looks across the Dart, Italian in its instincts, with a roof terrace above. The Observer named it restaurant of the year in 2012, the Good Food Guide its seafood restaurant of the year in 2013, and the National Restaurant Awards placed it 28th in the country in 2023. Tonks and Prowse also built Rockfish, the seafood chain that grew from the same harbour — the Seahorse stands apart from it, a single room under its own company, and cooks like it.
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Afternoon
Dart Gallery
Edward and Tom have owned Dart Gallery on Lower Street since 2014, after selling a gallery they had built in Hampshire; the business itself has stayed in the same family since 1999. The two-floor space, in an early nineteenth-century building close to the Dartmouth waterfront, shows a changing selection of contemporary British painters, sculptors and printmakers, working across oils, acrylics and raku clay, and offers conservation-standard picture framing in house. It has held Own Art scheme membership, which lets buyers pay for a piece in interest-free instalments, for two decades. Open six days a week, the gallery closes on Tuesdays and keeps shorter hours on Mondays and Sundays. The pair's stated aim is a collection that keeps evolving rather than settling on one fixed set of names.
Gallery · Dartmouth→ 6 km
Afternoon · Gallery
Dart Gallery
Edward and Tom have owned Dart Gallery on Lower Street since 2014, after selling a gallery they had built in Hampshire; the business itself has stayed in the same family since 1999. The two-floor space, in an early nineteenth-century building close to the Dartmouth waterfront, shows a changing selection of contemporary British painters, sculptors and printmakers, working across oils, acrylics and raku clay, and offers conservation-standard picture framing in house. It has held Own Art scheme membership, which lets buyers pay for a piece in interest-free instalments, for two decades. Open six days a week, the gallery closes on Tuesdays and keeps shorter hours on Mondays and Sundays. The pair's stated aim is a collection that keeps evolving rather than settling on one fixed set of names.
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Tasting
Sandridge Barton
The vineyard began on the Sharpham estate in 1981, planted by Maurice and Ruth Ash; four decades on, the winemaking moved down the Dart to the Moon family's Sandridge Barton farm — first harvest 2020, visitor centre opened in June 2022 — while the Sharpham Trust turned the old estate over to rewilding. Duncan Schwab, who joined as a vineyard worker in 1992, now runs the winemaking as chief executive, and the 2020 Pinot Noir took the WineGB trophy for best still Pinot Noir in 2023. The cellar door runs from a £15 self-guided tasting to a guided vineyard safari, with the ROAM restaurant on site — lunch most days, dinner Fridays and Saturdays since the summer of 2025 — and holiday rooms to stay in.
Winery · Stoke Gabriel→ 5 km
Tasting · Winery
Sandridge Barton
The vineyard began on the Sharpham estate in 1981, planted by Maurice and Ruth Ash; four decades on, the winemaking moved down the Dart to the Moon family's Sandridge Barton farm — first harvest 2020, visitor centre opened in June 2022 — while the Sharpham Trust turned the old estate over to rewilding. Duncan Schwab, who joined as a vineyard worker in 1992, now runs the winemaking as chief executive, and the 2020 Pinot Noir took the WineGB trophy for best still Pinot Noir in 2023. The cellar door runs from a £15 self-guided tasting to a guided vineyard safari, with the ROAM restaurant on site — lunch most days, dinner Fridays and Saturdays since the summer of 2025 — and holiday rooms to stay in.
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Stay the night
Devon House Guest House
Devon House Guest House is a family-run bed and breakfast in an extensively renovated Victorian building on Garfield Road in Paignton, about two minutes' walk from the seafront and town centre. The eight en-suite bedrooms include superior king, double, triple and family configurations, each set within the original high-ceilinged house. A continental breakfast is available on a pay-as-you-go basis, and the guest house holds an AA 4 Star Gold rating along with a top food hygiene score. Paignton Harbour and Victoria Park are both a short walk away, making it a workable base for exploring the English Riviera without needing a car. The property is independently owned and run as a single guest house, not part of any wider group.
B&B · Paignton
Stay the night · B&B
Devon House Guest House
Devon House Guest House is a family-run bed and breakfast in an extensively renovated Victorian building on Garfield Road in Paignton, about two minutes' walk from the seafront and town centre. The eight en-suite bedrooms include superior king, double, triple and family configurations, each set within the original high-ceilinged house. A continental breakfast is available on a pay-as-you-go basis, and the guest house holds an AA 4 Star Gold rating along with a top food hygiene score. Paignton Harbour and Victoria Park are both a short walk away, making it a workable base for exploring the English Riviera without needing a car. The property is independently owned and run as a single guest house, not part of any wider group.
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