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Steam engine
We took the steam engine that passes through the Somerset coast to Minehead to visit the historic village of Dunster. Dunster is not far from the sea, but it's still not a coastal town. It has a beach that's a 10 minute walk from the train station, and the town is 10 minutes in the other direction. Some buses go to Minehead, and though the train is by no means the quickest form of travel, it is the nicest because the trains are all so old. The village of Dunster is full of pubs, tea rooms, and it also has a beautiful castle, (you get a discount on your entrance fee if you show your train ticket).
The city has a few old houses, and a tourist office displaying what the houses were like before they were restored. It's a pretty touristy town, in the sense that it lives off tourism, but it's not crowded. The local specialty is toffee, a candy with multiple flavours of coffee and chocolate, and is sold by weight.
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