For my home city of Gloucester and the beautiful nearby village of Frampton-on-Severn, which inspired my fictional Frampney. And also for the picturesque North Devon towns of Lynmouth and Lynton, with which I have taken liberties but which will still recognize themselves as Lannermouth and Haldane. In particular I mention the Rock House Hotel, Lynmouth, upon which I have modelled the Dower House.