Before you reach Dawlish and Teignmouth on that much revered
stretch of railway that skirts the south Devon coast, the line crosses the
entrance to the small harbour at Cockwood Haven.
That would be a good place to watch trains, I thought –
probably many times - before I actually got there. It is better than I thought.
You can sit outside at the Anchor Inn as the trains skirt the sea wall and at
the same time keep an eye out for the birds coming and going on the tidal creek,
including whimbrel, kingfisher and little egret, while we were there.
Sunday summer evenings may also include a bit of steam. Many
special trains, as well as those on the heritage lines, have been affected by
restrictions designed to prevent lineside fires. Even where steam has run, it
has been handing over most of the hard graft to a diesel, working in tandem.
I even copped the class 66 when No.60009 Union of South
Africa headed back towards Exeter on Sunday 15th July.
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