by DB Colin | Feb 9, 2021 | Article, Cameras, Dawlish Beach, General, news, Railway, Rough Seas, Storms, Weather
The sea was splashing a bit around high tide at 16.55 sending spray over the sea walls and gave an opportunity for Cross Country engineers to see how a modification to a Voyager roof with a silica film to prevent water ingress fared. This was nowhere near how bad...
by Beach Cams Man | Dec 13, 2020 | Cameras, Maintenance, Sea wall rebuilding
Thanks to Sea Breeze in Dawlish, a new live camera will be installed in early 2021 to watch the Dawlish railway station upgrade. This will also be our first ever 4k, Ultra HD camera that will broadcast the station upgrade over the next couple of years. Sea Breeze in...
by Beach Cams Man | Oct 16, 2020 | Black Swans, Cameras
Black Swan Cam is a joint venture by Dawlish Beach Cams and Dawlish Town Council to provide worldwide coverage of the famous, Dawlish black swans. The state of the art camera located on Sea Breeze Cafe roof can focus on the black swans and their nest or can be moved...
by DB Colin | Sep 6, 2020 | Cameras, Dawlish Beach, Dawlish Warren, Diesel Specials, General, Railway, Teignmouth
A busy Saturday for trains on the sea wall. Main interest was the passing of the luxurious Northern Belle Pullman train which was on a day tour from Swansea to Torquay. Headed by 57316 now unnamed, but called FAB1 (which was Lady Penelope’s 6 wheeled Rolls...
by Beach Cams Man | Jan 6, 2020 | Cameras, Dawlish Beach, General, Subscribers News, Subscriptions, Technical
Happy New Year and I hope you’ve had a nice break over Christmas. We have some exciting news for 2020 as we are preparing to install our sixth camera, the new ‘Black Swan Cam’. This will be our first-ever point tilt and zoom camera that will cover...
by Beach Cams Man | Aug 1, 2019 | Cameras, Recordings
In 2003 after retiring, my parents moved from the Midlands and as they wanted to be by the sea and the railway, Dawlish was top of the list. My Dad had worked on the railways for as long as I could remember, in fact, one of my first memories is going to work with my...