{"id":2841,"date":"2014-02-07T22:50:49","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T22:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/?p=2841"},"modified":"2015-07-06T11:18:29","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T11:18:29","slug":"after-the-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/?p=2841","title":{"rendered":"On Friday morning . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-1.jpg\"  rel=\"lightbox[roadtrip]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2842\" src=\"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-1-580x580.jpg\" alt=\"Dawlish 1\" width=\"580\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-1-580x580.jpg 580w, http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>. . .there was NO public access to the station platforms . . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-2.jpg\"  rel=\"lightbox[roadtrip]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2843\" src=\"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-2-580x386.jpg\" alt=\"Dawlish 2\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-2-580x386.jpg 580w, http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>. . . so I was surprised to see how busy it looked up there . . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-3.jpg\"  rel=\"lightbox[roadtrip]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2844\" src=\"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-3-580x386.jpg\" alt=\"Dawlish 3\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-3-580x386.jpg 580w, http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-3.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>. . . until I got home and discovered that the Secretary of State for Transport had been in town to &#8216;witness the devastation at first hand&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-4.jpg\"  rel=\"lightbox[roadtrip]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2845\" src=\"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-4-580x386.jpg\" alt=\"Dawlish 4\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-4-580x386.jpg 580w, http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-4.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a> I hope he had time to check out the damage to the seafront . . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-5.jpg\"  rel=\"lightbox[roadtrip]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2846\" src=\"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-5-580x386.jpg\" alt=\"Dawlish 5\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-5-580x386.jpg 580w, http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-5.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>. . . the closed-off access to the beaches . . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-6.jpg\"  rel=\"lightbox[roadtrip]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2848\" src=\"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-6.jpg\" alt=\"Dawlish 6\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a> . . . and the sandbag store, sandbagged. (The sign says &#8216;Sandbag store not in use. Please collect bags by the Resort Office&#8217;.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-7.jpg\"  rel=\"lightbox[roadtrip]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2849\" src=\"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-7-580x580.jpg\" alt=\"Dawlish 7\" width=\"580\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-7-580x580.jpg 580w, http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-7-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-7.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>As far as I know the state of the tracks and the seawall between Kennaway Tunnel and the railway station hasn&#8217;t been all that widely reported . . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-8.jpg\"  rel=\"lightbox[roadtrip]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2850\" src=\"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-8-580x386.jpg\" alt=\"Dawlish 8\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-8-580x386.jpg 580w, http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-8.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>. . .and although the appalling damage by Sea Lawn Terrace has been well documented I haven&#8217;t seen many pictures taken from Lea Mount.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-9.jpg\"  rel=\"lightbox[roadtrip]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2851\" src=\"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-9-580x386.jpg\" alt=\"Dawlish 9\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-9-580x386.jpg 580w, http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dawlish-9.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>All in all things felt strangely peaceful for a brief spell &#8211; even at high tide the waves weren&#8217;t particularly fierce and the number of sightseers wandering along in the sunshine created something of a holiday atmosphere. About three hours after these pictures were taken another band of bad weather rolled in from the southwest and put an end to the respite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. . .there was NO public access to the station platforms . . . . . . so I was surprised to see how busy it looked up there . . . . . . until I got home and discovered that the Secretary of State for Transport had been in town to &#8216;witness the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[300,41,163,301,299],"class_list":["post-2841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-damage","tag-dawlish","tag-railway","tag-station","tag-storm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2841"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2941,"href":"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2841\/revisions\/2941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.engrailed.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}