On a trip to the south-west Heather Clark checks into one of Bovey Castle’s self-catering lodges .
Bovey Castle occupies a prime position on Dartmoor National Park western edge, surrounded by hundreds of acres of moorland, woodland and glades, strewn with deer and Stone Age relics.
It was built in 1907 and run as a hotel by Great Western Railways, now comprising 60 bedrooms and suites—with either a garden or courtyard view—two restaurants and ample communal…