Complex sentence: The West Country, strictly speaking, encompasses the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire although Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire are sometimes also included, but the northern and eastern boundaries of the area are hard to define.
Split into simpler sentences: The West Country, strictly speaking, encompasses the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire, although Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire are sometimes also included. However, the northern and eastern boundaries of the area are hard to define.