Rail News
Thursday 19th April was the first of two days that the new Hitachi 802001 and 802002 were linked together to do some test runs from the Stoke Gifford depot to Penzance and back. These are the new trains that will replace the 40 year old HST's in the GWR fleet. We will...
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For those interested in the railway.
Tuesday evening produced an autoballaster train topped and tailed by Freightliner locos 66587 and 66590 en route from Westbury to drop its load at various points on the Newquay branch from Par. The empty train was due back through Dawlish mid morning but due to it...
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Today’s very mini HST Penzance-Exeter service
Down to three coaches today from the usual four. Power car 43016 leading with 43187 (The Welsh Dragon motif) on the rear.
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Leadstone Camping
Leadstone Camping, established in 1974 and still run by the same local family is just a 10-minute walk to a "Blue Flag" beach at Dawlish Warren. Leadstone offer visitors a traditional uncommercialised camping site in South Devon and one quite unique at Dawlish...
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Dawlish weather and tides for 29/03/2018
Good evening. Here are your Dawlish weather and tide times for Thursday. A mixed bag again today. Some showers with sun at times. Feeling breezy. Winds: SSW 14-19mph Temp: 7c Sunrise/sunset: 06:58/19:41 Tide times High 05:35 - 3.44m Low 11:55 - 0.48m High 18:07 -...
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Dawlish weather and tides for 28/03/2018
Good evening. Here are your Dawlish weather and tide times for Wednesday. Heavy rain and a tad breezy today. Rain clearing to leave sunny spells in the afternoon. Winds: NW 14-17mph Temp: 7c Sunrise/sunset: 07:00/19:39 Tide times High 04:33 - 3.13m Low 10:58 - 0.79m...
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Dawlish weather and times for 27/03/2018
Good evening. Here are your Dawlish weather and tide times for Tuesday. A heavily cloudy morning with some outbreaks of rain. A little brighter at times during the afternoon. Winds: NW-SW 10-16mph Temp: 8c Sunrise/sunset: 07:02/19:38 Tide times High 03:06 - 2.91m Low...
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Dawlish weather and tides for 25/03/2018
Good evening. Here are your Dawlish weather and tide times for Sunday. A nice and sunny day with some light cloud about during the morning. Winds: NNW 8-12mph Temp: 11c Sunrise/sunset: 07:07/19:34 Don't forget the clocks go forward in the early hours of tomorrow...
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Dawlish weather and tides for 24/03/2018
Good evening. Here are your Dawlish weather and tide times for Saturday. A drizzly start to the day. A cloudy day in general with a chance of showers and sunny spells. Winds: N 8-11mph Temp: 8c Sunrise/sunset: 06:09/18:33 Don't forget the clocks go forward in the...
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Dawlish weather and tides for 22/03/2018
Good evening. Here are your Dawlish weather and tide times for Thursday. Some good sunny spells in the morning, clouding over during the afternoon. Winds: SW 15-19mph Temp: 8c Sunrise/sunset: 06:13/18:3 Tide times Low 02:53 - 0.19m High 09:03 - 3.82m Low 15:14 - 0.24m...
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Night-time Network Rail workings
Late on Tuesday evening there were two Network Rail works trains. The earlier one was a ballast train from Westbury to Exeter St Thomas via Plymouth, presumably dropping ballast off in various places en route. To allow the passage of a local train and a Cross Country...
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Dawlish weather and tides for 21/03/2018
Good evening. Here are your Dawlish weather and tide times for Wednesday. A lightly cloudy day with some small sunny spells. Winds: NW 5-7mph Temp: 7c Sunrise/sunset: 06:15/18:28 Tide times Low 02:17 - 0.07m High 08:26 - 3.99m Low 14:37 - 0.06m High 20:46 - 3.84m...
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The 4 coach “Castle” at Teignmouth
Another look at yesterday's first test run photographed by Nick Campbell at Teignmouth station. The title picture shows the Legends vinyl depicting the evolution of GWR motive power. Starting at the rear with steam is a King class followed by a Hall. Then Diesel...
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Dawlish weather and tides for 20/03/2018
Good evening. Here are your Dawlish weather and tide times for Tuesday. There is a YELLOW warning for ice in place until 09:00. A nice sunny day, especially after previous days. Winds: N 12-15mph Temp: 7c Sunrise/sunset: 06:18/18:26 Tide times Low 01:48 - 00.5m High...
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Mini Beast photo gallery
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 commentary as a...
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First look at the new “Castle set” HST train
Sunday's run was postponed because of the weather so today saw the first outing for the four carriage Class 43 powered "Castle" set. It is on test calling in for one minute stops at each station between Plymouth and Exeter St. Davids before reversing for a run to...
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Dawlish weather and tides for 19/03/2018
Good evening. Here are your Dawlish weather and tide times for Monday. A very cold day again. Chance of some snow showers early morning but clearing towards midday. Roads will remain snowy and icey. Windchill will make it feel much colder. Winds: NE 41-49mph Temp: 1c...
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Dawlish weather and tides for 18/03/2018
Good evening. Here are your Dawlish weather and tide times for Sunday. There is an AMBER warning for snow in place. This means BE PREPARED. With temperatures hovering around freezing, snow and high winds, I strongly suggest that unless it's absolutely necessary, do...
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The return of the Beast? – When to watch our cameras
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...
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Dawlish weather and tides for 16/03/2018
Good evening. Here are your Dawlish weather and tide times for Friday. A mild day with sunny spells and a bit breezy. Winds: SSE 10-16mph Temp: 10c Sunrise/sunset: 06:26/18:20 Tide times High 05:43 - 3.51m Low 11:56 - 0.46m High 18:03 - 3.48m Michelle McDonald...
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Dawlish weather and tides for 15/03/2018
Good evening. Here are your Dawlish weather and tide times for Thursday. After a damp start we will see some nice sunny spells with a little cloud. Rain will again move in from late afternoon. Winds: SE 12-19mph Temp: 11c Sunrise/sunset: 06:29/18:18 Tide times High...
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Dawlish weather and tides for 14/03/2018
Good evening. Here are your Dawlish weather and tide times for Wednesday. There is a YELLOW warning in place for heavy rain and high winds. A very wet and windy day. A few possible small sunny spells. Winds: 42-47mph Temp: 9c Sunrise/sunset: 06:31/18:17 Tide times...
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Dawlish weather and tides for 13/03/2018
Good evening. Here are your Dawlish weather and tide times for Tuesday. Sunny intervals today with some cloud. A very minimal chance of rain. Winds: SW to SE 12-20mph Temp: 10c Sunrise/sunset: 06:33/18:15 Tide times High 03:28 - 2.65m Low 09:52 - 1.32m High 16:05 -...
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Dawlish Beach Cams is 4 This Month
This week Dawlish Beach is 4 years old! We've come a long way since our single camera website in 2014. We now have 4 fixed cameras and a 5th roaming cam. Who knows there could be more soon. Shhhhhhh. The silver price has remained the same since 2014 but you now get 4...
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Dawlish weather and tides for 09/03/2018
Good evening. Here are your Dawlish weather and tide times for Friday. A rather wet day I'm afraid, heavy showers and windy. Winds: SSE 17-21mph Temp: 10c Sunrise/sunset: 06:42/18:08 Tide times Low 04:28 - 0.99m High 10:37 - 2.95m Low 16:48 - 1.10m High 23:01 - 2.83m...
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Dawlish weather and tides for 08/03/2018
Good evening. Here are your Dawlish weather and tide times for Thursday. A breezy day with somw nice sunny intervals. Small chance of a light shower in the morning. Winds: SW 13-20mph Temp: 9c Sunrise/sunset: 06:44/18:07 Tide times Low 03:50 - 0.70m High 09:59 - 3.26m...
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Dawlish weather and tides for 07/03/2018
Good evening. Here are your Dawlish weather and tide times for Wednesday. A breezy day with a mix of showers and sunny spells. Winds: SW 12-16mph Temp: 7c Sunrise/sunset: 06:46/18:05 Tide times Low 03:17 - 0.42m High 09:25 - 3.58m Low 15:36 - 0.51m High 21:44 - 3.37m...
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Dawlish weather and tides for 06/03/2018
Good evening. Here are your Dawlish weather and tide times for Tuesday. Tuesday will be mainly sunny with some cloud and a small chance of showers. Winds: SW 4-7mph Temp: 9c Sunrise/sunset: 06:48/18:03 Tide times Low 02:43 - 0.20m High 08:51 - 3.85m Low 15:03 - 0.24m...
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When the Beast from the East met up with Storm Emma
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...
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For the rail fans
After being delayed for four days the second half of the clay train was able to travel to Exeter Riverside Yard to link up to the first portion which made it just before the line closure last Thursday. The video shows DB Cargo 66106 passing along the Dawlish sea wall...
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Dawlish weather and tides for 03/03/2018
Good evening. Here are your Dawlish weather and tide times for Saturday. A cloudy day with snow and ice thawing and rain moving on. There is an additional FLOOD WARNING in place along the Dawlish coastline into Dawlish Warren. Winds: ESW 19-26mph gusting to 40mph...
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Busy Week on Dawlish Beach with Storm Emma
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 could be a record...
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Dawlish weather and tides for 02/02/2018
What an incredible day for the cameras to catch! Here's Michelle with tomorrow's forecast. Good evening. Here are your Dawlish weather and tide times for Friday. A different kind of weather this week! This are AMBER and YELLOW warnings in place for Friday for Snow,...
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GWR Hitachi IET 802101 Through Dawlish in the Snow & Waves
Here is the Hitachi IET 802101 passing Dawlish this morning very cautiously with the temperature at -4c, snow and rough seas, it certainly has been put through it's paces today. Share Buttons Below.
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Dawlish Beach and AdBlocking Software
2018 is an exciting year for Dawlish Beach. We have many great plans for the months ahead. As we look at expanding the brand, we are becoming more reliant on local businesses to support us by promoting their services on our site. As these businesses invest their time...
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Dawlish weather and tides for 01/03/2018
The very important forecast for Thursday! Watch safely with us and don't put yourself or others at risk. Click the image to read Michelle's forecast. Good evening. Here are your Dawlish weather and tide times for Thursday. A different kind of weather this week! There...
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