Nice to see this thread still going ! Of course,being ex-Fleet Air Arm I am somewhat biased towards RNAS Culdrose (HMS Seahawk ) ; we are both the same age ! So Helston must get a mention. As for Dittisham , home of a famous weather forecaster ,I was kayaking just upstream of it one day and a seal popped its head out of the water right alongside ; marvellous ! And the village pub has a ferry ;people on the opposite bank ring a bell and the ferry brings them across !And another nearby village has the late TV chef Keith Floyd's pub, whilst Agatha Christie's old house looms majestically over everything.You can always visit Totnes, home to eccentric (but VERY accomplished ) guitarist Dave "Stan " Stanley , an old musical colleague from Singapore ; he is , or was,resident musician in a restaurant in Paignton.