March 2016: Dawlish
Dawlish is a pleasant small town in Devon, just
twelve miles along the coast from Exeter. It has what is reckoned to
be one of the most attractive stretches of railway in England, with
the main line to Plymouth and beyond running directly next to the
sea. This came to national attention in early 2014, when severe
storm damage closed the vital route for several weeks. After waiting
patiently on a footbridge for more than twenty minutes, I managed to
get a classic Dawlish train picture for myself - shame it wasn't a
GWR train, but I wasn't prepared to hang around any longer in early
March!
