A boy and a girl Saint Valentine's Day, 1 was the day that changed my life for ever, though I did not know it then. was not I was fourteen. My mother had been ill and cating very well, so I went out to find something that she liked- good, fresh fish, caught from clear water. I went first along the Lynn runs through our valley, then l turned into Bagworthy Water. Though I knew that this river led to Doone valley, I did not think about it. I went on catching fish and moving up the river, then suddenly found myself standing at the bottom of the cliffs outside Doone valley. In front of me was a waterfall, a steep hill of smooth,