Apologies for the video being very Rushed and fast moving/ jolting, the Camera was new at the time and i was worried for it getting wet/ damaged and Thank you also so far on the 35K views, i was never expecting this to gain so many views
I lived and was brought up in Dawlish in the 1950s when my father had a shop, beside the Congregational Church in the Strand, till I left to go to Uni in London in 1970. When we were very small, we used to play in this area, as it was safe. It has now been completely rebuilt. It was a small enclosed area with sand, rocks and shallow water. to play in and we could walk up the Stream and collect elvers. When we got older, we would go to Coastguards beach or Coryton Cove - exclusively for locals. As a teenager, I took the train to Teignmouth every day, to attend Teignmouth Grammar. When the sea was rough, myself and friends, would open the train windows on the sea side. The waves would cover the train and flood the compartment ! One winter - I went to the Beacon School - Mr. Daunt the head, would take us all for a walk if we could not do games, down a back country lane to the beach. The sea had been so rough, there was not a grain of sand anywhere on Teignmouth Beach. It had been washed away to the bedrock !
Nice, yeah im not local as you might have seen form other vids being bristol Based, this is the first time ive been in Dawlish During a storm, ive been visiting bristol since i was a baby so 21 years, going through some older photos of dawlish on facebook its amazing how much its changed yet so recognisable aswell
Taking its time, but yes, we are slowly getting to some decent flood defences. It's just a shame there was so much rain it had nowhere to go, but over the embankment
with the new wall and the waving slowly breaking each other up its amazing how much it has actually stopped, just unfortunate the amount of rain and water that rushed down the river itself
@@GWRailFan it seems the water company's haven't worked it out yet, every time you have a storm, lots of rubbish gets washed down into River's, every time this happens the river's silt up therefore the river gets shallow, so you get more flooding, it would pay in the long run to dredge where possible,in the 1960 s in the county of Rutland the river Welland was around six-foot deep that same spot is now less than a foot deep ,
Yeah, unfortunately, this weeks not been so great. Luckily, they have already started the clean along the river along with taking down the lights for i think replacing
It was amazing how red it was, but then the following day or 2 it eent straight back to blue, it was amazing, seeing the highstreet and how much water got everywhere it was a really bad storm
yes, i do Apologise, its still Quite a New Camera and i was more worried of it getting wet form the waves or any rain fall, for Future vids similar to this ill Make sure to slow it down a bit with my Movements
@@GWRailFan No need to apologise and I hope that my comment didn’t offend you. I am a grumpy old man and did most of my filming in the days of 8mm cine cameras. When the filming finished we then had to send it to Kodak at Hemel Hempstead for processing and wait several days for it to be returned. We then had to set up the projector and screen to view the results, so I am very envious of modern technology which allows instant viewing and transmission via the internet. Anyway, keep up the good work and it was good to see that the new construction of the sea wall and river channel did the work they were designed for. Regards, M. CROSS
@@blanchecross2978 no worries bud, not offence taken :), always welcome constructive criticism yeah have to Love Modern tech, although my data was Rubbish in the caravan and it took 7hrs to upload it, i Managed to Transfer and edit the vids together all on my phone without the need or a PC or something in between, being born 2001, ive always had the Privilege of Modern tech but even then its amazing how much thats changed in 21 years
Even the clean up after wasn't council work either, most where locals just trying to help keep the water down and keep it clear, was quite a site seeing how many come together to actually clean up
like i said to someone else, the Camera is still new i was more Worried of it getting wet or Damaged, the video stability improves throughout, but when i was lower and nearer the water i was worried the Camera would get ruined, i Admit the Video could of done with improved slower Movements, and its something i will take into consideration in the future for any future videos like this and across the channel
