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
Ancient yew
Old gravestones underneath an ancient yew in St Gregory's churchyard, Dawlish
The Yew is an ancient tree species that has survived since before the Ice Age and has revered and used by humankind throughout the ages. Because of its longevity and its unique way of growing new trunks from within the original root bole, some English Yews may be as much as 4,000 years old, their presence spanning ages of time and history.
The Yew is associated with immortality, renewal, regeneration, everlasting life, rebirth, transformation and access to the Otherworld and our ancestors.
Ref: 7470
Location: Dawlish, Devon
Photographer: Anthony T Steel
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