{"id":1450,"date":"2022-01-27T23:27:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T23:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/?p=1450"},"modified":"2024-09-25T00:15:29","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T23:15:29","slug":"1450-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/1450-2\/","title":{"rendered":"62 Livermead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The scout was eager to see the work taking place preparatory to the replacement of Torbay Road Bridge in Livermead, so he set off from Newton on a day when it was warm enough to ride in shirtsleeves.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a change, he followed Cole’s Lane into Kingskerswell and came upon the village hall, which he thought worthy of a photograph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s rare now to find an old-fashioned village hall, for so many have been replaced by lavish new buildings. It must be rarer still to find a hall clad in corrugated iron next to an air raid shelter, unchanged, except for the entrance at this end being blocked.
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Then he rode up High Street and Fluder Hill, and on to Barton Cross, where there were fine views towards brooding Dartmoor and the bay. (Click to enlarge and zoom in +)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wolborough Hill, on the edge of Newton Abbot, can be seen in the distance at right. +<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Taken at a different angle in May, 2022. +<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Inland from the scenic splendour of Torbay can be rather dismal, the more so on a winter’s day. +<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Not so dismal on a sunny, spring day (May, 2022). +<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The scout descended Barton Hill Road and meandered through the scruffy back streets of Torquay, eventually meeting the coast road by Torre Abbey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From a height, he’d seen a naval vessel in the bay and thought a shot of the Corbyn’s Head memorial with the ship beyond would be appropriate. In his mind the memorial was dedicated to the men whose gun exploded but in fact it is much more, being principally the National Home Guard Memorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n