We spent a day in North Devon and had a pub lunch in the Duke of York Pub in the little village of Iddesleigh.

I was in pub heaven! The Duke of York is a 15th century pub that is the local for British author Michael Morpurgo, who got the seed of the idea to write the novel “War Horse” (which later became the blockbuster play and film) while in this very pub. More about this here!

It was homey and cozy and a little hobbit-like and included all of the things that I look for in a good pub:

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