3rd December 2019

Dawlish Delights 4 
Parson Tunnel
Paul Barlow

47810 heads the 09.00 Paignton to Edinburgh 1S66 about to enter Parsons tunnel on the 3rd July 2002. Copyright Paul Barlow.

Many thanks Paul

Copied courtesy Wikipedia :- The line now enters its first tunnel, Kennaway, beneath Lea Mount, beyond which is Coryton beach, the farthest point accessible by the sea wall footpath from Dawlish. The Coryton tunnel leads to the next beach, Shell Cove, accessible by foot only via the shore at very low tide or by a private path from the clifftop. The railway then passes through Phillot Tunnel and Clerk's Tunnel, emerging onto a section of sea wall at Breeches Rock before diving into Parson's Tunnel beneath Hole Head. The last two tunnels are named after the Parson and Clerk Rocks, a natural arch in the sea off Hole Head.
Beyond Parson's Tunnel is a short viaduct across Smugglers Lane and then the footpath resumes for the final stretch past Sprey Point to the cutting at Teignmouth Eastcliff. On the landward side of the railway near Sprey Point can be seen the remains of a lime kiln used during the construction of the line.

Fare Deal to
Bath 1961
Colin Burges

​Dear Keith, This not quite complete handbill was used as scrap paper and pasted face down in a book, hence its scruffiness.

From the Colin Burges Collection.

​Would anyone like to say how many stations and halts were within 80 miles of Bath's principal stations? Included would have been the S. & D. as far as Templecombe.

My contribution is finding that Silverton was exactly 80 miles from Bath.

AND  -  How many fewer were there by the end of the decade?

      Cheers,  Colin.  Any Ideas. Something to pass the day!!​