Challacombe: Simonsbath road at the Black Venus
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Image: © Martin Bodman Taken: 27 Sep 2005
The Black Venus Inn is on the B3358 which links Simonsbath with Blackmoor Gate. The pub was earlier named the Ring of Bells, although it is nowhere near Challacombe church. Here the drayman from St Austell Brewery takes empty kegs back to his lorry
