E: 28/05 A week's summer holiday for 2 in the French Alps

Sunday Times Where Was I? competition
The competition starts on Sunday and ends on Wednesday

The prize: a week’s summer holiday for two in the French Alps, courtesy of seafranceholidays.com. The winners will stay for seven nights, on a B&B basis, at the four-star Le Morgane, in the centre of Chamonix. The hotel was completely refurbished in 2007, and amenities include a gastronomic restaurant, an indoor heated pool and a steam room. It’s a great base for exploring the stunning Alpine landscapes that surround the town – on foot, by mountain bike or by cable car to the 3,840-metre peak of the Aiguille du Midi. The prize includes return Channel crossings with car on SeaFrance Dover-Calais ferries, and must be taken before September 30, 2008, subject to availability.

Answers:

1 What is the name of the first village? Braunton

2 What is the name of the first fortlet? Martinhoe Roman fortlet
Also known as Beacon Roman fortlet

Answers to other clues:

The national nature reserve that rabbits love is Braunton Burrows.
The national trail is the South West Coast Path.
Braunton was the final home of poet Edward Capern.
Eugenius Birch built the harbour at the seaside town of Ilfracombe.
The second writer was Henry Williamson who lived, and is buried, in Georgeham. He wrote A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight between 1951 and 1969 and Tarka the Otter was published in 1927.
The second Roman fortlet is at Old Burrow.