The Dawlish Myth

by DB Simon | May 21, 2018 | General, History, news, Railway, Storms, Weather

When the South Devon Railway Company ran the first service from Exeter to Teignmouth on the 30th May 1846, South West England took a huge step in securing a new connection to the rest of the Country. Brunel’s engineering brilliance put a main artery where few...

Mini Beast photo gallery

by DB Simon | Mar 19, 2018 | news, Railway, Storms, Weather

Another very busy weekend for Dawlish Beach cams saw us posting many Videos, Pictures and general updates across our Facebook and Twitter feeds. We hope you have enjoyed the coverage and here’s a look back across the weekend. I won’t provide a running...

The return of the Beast? – When to watch our cameras

by DB Simon | Mar 16, 2018 | General, news, Storms, Weather

It seems from current forecasts and commentaries that we are in for a little more snow with strong Easterly winds. Now while we are not expecting the same level of disruption across the region, we may indeed have a little. So what will happen and when are the...

When the Beast from the East met up with Storm Emma

by DB Simon | Mar 5, 2018 | General, news, Railway, Storms, Weather

It was just over two weeks ago when doing our research into upcoming events that something unusual began to appear on the horizon. A fairly rare event for recent times it was an Easterly wind with speeds of over 40 mph. We watched as this continued to become a reality...

Busy Week on Dawlish Beach with Storm Emma

by DB Neil | Mar 2, 2018 | Storms, Weather

It’s been a really busy week for all of us here at Dawlish Beach Cams. With so much happening we’ve struggled to keep on top it all. Looking at the stats for this week we’ve reached over 2.6 million people on the site and through social media. this...