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
Seaside Dawlish
The famous Dawlish Sea Wall railway line runs next to the sea, and the wall provides a promenade extending from Coryton cove on the west side of Dawlish all the way to Dawlish Warren.
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Location: Dawlish, South Devon
Photographer: Anthony T Steel
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