Volume Twelve - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - further aspects - The Bristol Channel District Guide - selected articles - [1934 Edition] . . . .

Soon we distinguish the crowd on Ilfracombe Pier awaiting the steamer's arrival, and in a few moments the engines are slowed, and almost before we are aware of it the ropes are made fast, and the gangways put out, and our 74-mile journey from Bristol to North Devon is ended.