Westwards

We traveled westwards for 100 miles.

As the boat sailed on westwards, the captain looked back at how far they had come, and felt a tear prick the corner of his eye.

He turned his gaze westwards.

The view westwards from here is extremely fine, with the striking flat-topped outline of Blencathra or Saddleback (2,847ft) the most dominant feature, and the Helvellyn range to the left.

Basingstoke-Exeter will test this. From Salisbury westwards, it's largely single-track since British Rail downgraded it in 1967. There's a ten-mile loop between Templecombe and Yeovil, as well as shorter loops at Chard, Axminster and Honiton.