{"id":2998,"date":"2022-09-21T23:55:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T22:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/?p=2998"},"modified":"2025-12-17T12:45:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T12:45:28","slug":"75-tipton-st-johns-to-exmouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/75-tipton-st-johns-to-exmouth\/","title":{"rendered":"75 Tipton St. John’s to Exmouth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Although his intention was to follow the Budleigh Branch from Tipton, the scout had been intrigued by the Feniton churchwarden’s enthusiasm and so decided to return to the village to see inside the church.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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A few minutes was lost squeezing the utilicon into the only available space at Crossmead, on the edge of the city. The van at left was at the end of the double yellow lines.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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The scout stopped to admire this wonderful machine in Cowick Street. What a great start in life the little passengers will have, so different from the automobile enslavement of Teign Valley children.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The line between Exeter and Axminster was closed for engineering work and so the scout had to ride the 15 miles to Sidmouth Junction, which, beyond Dog Village, was, as usual, most pleasant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is baffling to the scout that the ever-swelling population within easy reach of the gently-graded byways that radiate east of Exeter does not disturb their quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even mid-morning, the sun was still chasing off the mist that lay heavy in the hollows, a reminder that the start of autumn was only a few days hence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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