The new road heading towards Combe Martin. Heading towards the Berrynarbour junction, with the old road off to the left.

Going back down the hill. This road is very steep, and provides a real rollercoaster ride!

On the former A399 looking towards Ilfracombe. The old road dives off to join the current A399 at a T-junction.

Looking up the former A399.The road is practically intact - only the road markings have worn slightly since it was closed in the early 1990's.

I think that there was an old petrol station on the right here.

All the original cats eyes are still there.

"We're on the road to nowhere'. The old A399 carried straight on, while the road to the right used to go to Berrynarbor.

Even the old bus shelter survives, now used as a tourist information point.

The South West Coastal Footpath ran along the old A399 for a few years after the road itself was closed to traffic, but a second major landslide meant that the footpath had to b diverted.

Looking back towards Ilfracombe.

This road now only serves one house, and it is very hard to recognise it as a former A road.

The scene of one of the landslides. It could well be that the access to the house will have to be diverted if there is another landslide. No trace of the old road here.

The place where the original Ilfracombe-Combe Martin road and the former A399 meet. More on the original road later...

To the other side of the landslide. This new road was built to serve the houses on the old A399.

Looking down the old A399 towards Ilfracombe.

Warning that the road doesn't go anywhere.

The new slip road to the A399 dives off to the right. The old A399 used to bear left here, although there is no trace of it.

looking towards Ilfracombe.

Warning of the SWCP diversion.

No trace of old road markings or cats eyes here.

This is as far as we can get. Unfortunately, the owner of the house has built a garage on the old road, so we can't see what's past it.

Some old road markings still exist.

Back to the Ilfracombe side, and the original alignment until the 1920's. The road name says it all.