General Discussion
Just been talking to some of the rail workers. It looks like there will be closures at least between Dawlish and Teignmouth some time over the Christmas period. Not sure when or for how long, but they're needed to repair the landslip between Smugglers cove and Sprey point. Sounds like a big operation with abseillers, huge digger with long reach to remove loose earth from up the cliff, ...
Three-legged fancy dress race, Shaldon, Boxing day - involves regular pit-stops at local pubs. RNLI Boxing Day walk in the sea, 11am (coachloads come from all over the county to see this event so get there early)
Hedgeslip now cleared
Hedgeslip still there. Also if you are walking down Smugglers Lane along the seafront to Teignmouth you'll find that the stream has burst from its culvert and the bottom of Smugglers Lane is just fast running water. There is a barrier across the side path to the sea wall. You can still walk it but take care and you'll probably get wet feet.
The clay mock-ups for foundry processing look fantastic.
And of course it's one of those starnge paradoxes of the universe that what you are seeing may not actually exist! You are seeing Aldebaran as it was about 60 years ago so in the time it has taken for its light to reach us it may have disappeared into a black hole. It could be all illusion and we won't know for another 60 years.
Thanks Lynne. I missed your thread - so dow e know what the plan is for the money?
Saw this in the news - anyone know anything about it and what tye money is going to be used for? Was this as a result of the submission earlier this year - remember the video on the Lawn Dawlish awarded £10,000 for town improvements A South Devon town has been given £10,000 to help revitalise the high street and draw more people to the area. Dawlish has been awarded the money from the ...
@Carer oops, you're right of course. lol. Temporal disturbance in the space-time continuum, obvioulsy a sign of getting old.
If we forget about the war then I think the reason always mooted is that having the extra hour of light in the mornings is more likely to prevent accidents, especially for children going to school
