Nina's Blog - Tuesday 13th August 2024

Tuesday 13th August 2024, 16:36

I had lunch in the cafe in the Dawlish United Reformed Church. Cheap and good food. Comfortable surroundings and friendly staff.

I had a cheese and onion pasty with salad and a cup of coffee. The coffee was unremarkable but the pasty was good.


It even came with live music.

It's a relatively modern building from 1870. See https://dawlish.nub.news/news/local-news/local-historian-the-history-of-dawlish39s-churches

Here is the ceiling


And here is the frontage

Tuesday 13th August 2024, 16:11

I actually spent quite a lot of the day not in Paignton. I decided I didn't feel like taking any long walks today so I drove to Dawlish instead. I don't think I've ever been to Dawlish before. It's quite a pleasant little town centre with a wide shallow brook running down the middle where the black swans (and lots of other birds) live.





In the previous picture you can see a wire mesh enclosure. It is where they hatch cygnets and other chicks. Here is a view of the inside

Tuesday 13th August 2024, 17:26

When I got to Dawlish I parked in a side street away from the centre and walked down to the sea wall to walk along there to the station.

The railway is very close to the sea

Storms have on more than one occasion damaged the sea defences and destroyed the railway line


The breakwater below the sea wall

Looking under the railway and pedestrian bridges from the breakwater

A sign under the railway bridge warns people not to venture nearer the sea during storms

But I bet people do. Certainly when my wife and I lived in Hastings, much further east on the English Channel, half the town would turn out when we had a good storm to stand on the sea wall and there were always those brave enough, or idiotic enough, to go out on the breakwater.

But here in Dawlish even the sea wall is dangerous:

Tuesday 13th August 2024, 16:28

Today's outfit is the same Adidas skirt as yesterday with a pink sleeveless top, not exactly a crop top but it does reveal my navel.


I also visited a couple of charity shops. In one a bought an almost transparent black top and in the other a pair of Dorothy Perkins sandals with gold coloured straps

Tuesday 13th August 2024, 17:25

I didn't decide to go to Dawlish straight away, I actually started by going for a walk down to the prom. As I got there I noticed that there was a cruise ship at Torquay.

I had my camera with me so I could zoom in

It seems to be called the Amera


https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/details/8700280

Enjoy your day 🙂