Early in my sojourn in the Westcountry the old A30 used to go right through Sticklepath. These days, with the new dual carriageway slicing its way through the south of Dartmoor, Sticklepath has become a pleasant backwater. The village gives its name to one of the biggest geological faults in the region, passing as it does right through the whole SW peninsula to the east of Dartmoor, as far out as Lundy in the Bristol Channel. The fault has delivered two areas of superb quality China clay deposits, as good as anywhere on Earth. Sorry for the diversion!