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perhaps it would be as well to clarify that William IV did not consort with a gentleman called Clarence. The 1827 visitor was the Duchess of Clarence, the future Queen Adelaide.

Is the King Billy pub named after him, or one of his earlier namesakes?

timbo | 26.02.17 - 7:13 a.m. | #

I was in that porch the day before the fire. I was genuinely shocked at the news

Tube Geek | 26.02.17 - 8:46 a.m. | #

The Romans called it Isca Dumnoniorum to give it the full title. The Dumnonii were the local British tribe, and their name is also the origin of the name Devon.

D9000 | 26.02.17 - 9:20 a.m. | #

Visit Exeter's split level Bus & Coach Station before it closes. It is shortly to be replaced by a smaller bus station (without coaches) as part of a land grab providing a commercial redevelopment.

A commemorative event is planned for 19th March, with old Devon General buses providing free trips around the city. This will not be the last day, however, as the city council's call for tenders to demolish the old place and build the new have failed to come up with an affordable deal.

So the old 1964 bus station will limp on a bit longer.

dg writes: More here and here. The bus station couldn't look more 1964 if it tried.

Petras409 | 26.02.17 - 9:27 a.m. | #

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Geofftech | 26.02.17 - 11:05 a.m. | #

'one of not very many in Britain'

Excellent piece of vague hedging there.

Still anon | 26.02.17 - 11:44 a.m. | #

@geofftech: I thought it was just my browser that was doing that - regardless of several attempts at refreshing!

Cornish Cockney | 26.02.17 - 11:49 a.m. | #

I used to love popping in to Exeter by train when I was a teenager and staying in Lympstone during school holidays.

Cornish Cockney | 26.02.17 - 11:55 a.m. | #

Note to self: Try not to spend longer writing about a city than visiting it.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 26.02.17 - 12:36 p.m. | #

Super! Your cunning plan to get multiple pageviews gets us back for more. [insert thing here]

Rich | 26.02.17 - 12:43 p.m. | #

Well, it must have been an action-packed day (I presume a day trip, from various clues). But, as so often happens with such city reports, it goes onto my list of "places I want to visit some time". That list is growing much faster than it shrinks.

Malcolm | 26.02.17 - 12:52 p.m. | #

I was at uni in the city. It is a very good city. Also worth hunting for is the Iron Bridge http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Iron_Bridge,_Exeter

dg writes: Damn, walked over it without realising what was underneath...

tim | 26.02.17 - 1:24 p.m. | #

Another "Isca" was Isca Silurum, or Caerleon. The Rivers Exe and Axe and Esk and Usk all take their name from the same root, a Old British (that is, Celtic) word meaning "water" or "full of fish" or something.

Andrew | 26.02.17 - 2:01 p.m. | #

Nice to see you enjoyed your visit to Exeter. I lived there for 3 years as a student at the University and I think you've covered most of the sights! Nice to here the tours of the Underground passages still run and you can see more now.

It is a nice city I enjoyed my time there. I remember the old Princesshay shopping centre, a horrible 1960s affair with mostly empty or run down shops. It is a lot better now.

I was surprised to see how much the University campus had changed. Lots of new buildings. The Old Library housed the Computer Science department (since merged with Engineering I think) when I was there, though a small part of the building did have the Bill Douglas Centre as I think it was called then. The halls I was in in the first year have been demolished and new buildings in their place. I have often wondered if the campus of Exeter is the hilliest in the country! The view from the top of the Physics building (the tower at the top of the campus are excellent).

A good walk is to follow the banks of the Exe all the way to the coast. Thanks to some recent improvements there is now a foot/cycle path all the way on both banks of the river (it used to be possible only on the western side).

Jon Combe | 26.02.17 - 4:58 p.m. | #

I've got a lot of time for Exeter. I've no idea why I don't remember the old bridge over the fields.

Baffling! Or maybe old age....

Chris | 26.02.17 - 7:38 p.m. | #

Exeter's therefore a mix of old and new, with charm, and a fair amount to see should you ever be in town

I grew up in Exeter and I think that's a fair description of my hometown. Looking forward to seeing if you visited anywhere else in the area.

whiff | 27.02.17 - 3:52 a.m. | #

Alas, if only you'd written this a couple of weeks ago when I found myself unexpectedly in Exeter for a day!

Stuart | 28.02.17 - 10:46 p.m. | #

"flashlights" are no longer required? Is this really the DG I know and love?

Will | 23.03.17 - 1:31 p.m. | #











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