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...
by Beach Cams Man | Jul 26, 2019 | Brunel Holiday Park, Cameras, Maintenance
Advanced notice! On Thursday the 1st of August 2019 we will be upgrading San Remo Cam. The cam will be off from 10am and we hope to have the new camera installed and live by 2pm. Once this has been completed, we will then start work on the new camera at Dawlish Warren...
by Beach Cams Man | Feb 9, 2019 | Article, Cameras, Dawlish Beach, Devon Sea Safari, General, History, Maintenance, news, Railway, Rough Seas, Sea Wall Walk, Storms, Support, Teignmouth, Video, Weather
This Dawlish Beach Cams mini documentary covers the shocking storm in Dawlish during February 2014. We show you unseen footage and photos of the event and explain the history of the railway and why that section of the sea wall collapsed. Credits Network Rail...