Dawlish
Bird-watching colonels on the old sea wall,
Down here at Dawlish where the slow trains crawl:
Low tide lifting, on a shingle shore,
Long-sunk islands from the sea once more:
Red cliffs rising where the wet sands run,
Gulls reflecting in the sharp spring sun;
Pink-washed plaster by a sheltered patch,
Ilex shadows upon velvet thatch:
What interiors those names suggest!
Queen of lodgings in the warm south-west....
Dawlish, by John Betjeman 1906-1984
Down here at Dawlish where the slow trains crawl:
Low tide lifting, on a shingle shore,
Long-sunk islands from the sea once more:
Red cliffs rising where the wet sands run,
Gulls reflecting in the sharp spring sun;
Pink-washed plaster by a sheltered patch,
Ilex shadows upon velvet thatch:
What interiors those names suggest!
Queen of lodgings in the warm south-west....
Dawlish, by John Betjeman 1906-1984
Summertime at Boat Cove, Dawlish
Boat Cove is a lovely little harbour set between the Town Beach and Coryton's Cove, and is home to a number of working boats that fish inshore regularly. There are fishermen's huts, piles of creels, nets and small fishing boats waiting for the next tide. Boats are usually pulled up the ramp out of the water, and not tied to the harbour wall - which must be a hard pull at the end of a day's fishing!
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Location: Dawlish, South Devon
Photographer: DawlishBlue
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