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GREENE — Monty Brown’s travel film, “England’s West Country: Bath & Beyond,” will be shown at the Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memorial at 2 and 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16.

The West Country is made up of four diverse and fascinating counties: Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall. The film includes visits to Wells, Glastonbury, Cheddar Gorge, the Dartmoor and Somerset folk festivals and glimpses into England’s colorful history. The soundtrack will feature the music of local West Country musicians.

Most visitors to England begin in London and proceed to a few scattered destinations, typically York, Stonehenge, the Lake District, Bath and the Cotswolds. The film, however, begins at Bath and proceeds west from there to the legendary lands of King Arthur and his castle at Tintagel, the fictional Wessex of Thomas Hardy and the country home of mystery writer Agatha Christie.

Scenery along the way includes two national parks, Dartmoor and Exmoor, rocky coastlines and a walking path that envelopes the whole region. The path is over 600 miles long and follows the coast along the Bristol Channel and the English Channel.

The event is free and open to the public. FMI: 207-946-5311, www.sawyer-foundation.comwww.facebook.com/sawyer.foundation1937.

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