{"id":3923,"date":"2018-07-09T10:52:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T09:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/?p=3923"},"modified":"2023-08-28T00:11:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T23:11:05","slug":"10-honiton-to-lyme-regis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/10-honiton-to-lyme-regis\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Honiton to Lyme Regis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Monday’s ride started with a bit of route learning, following the A35 eastward from Honiton.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some respite from the busy main road was found on an empty section of bypassed turnpike, from where the town and the Blackdowns could be viewed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a road equivalent of Honiton bank and the scout clocked 38 m.p.h. descending it. Just after Wilmington he put the brake in, turned and climbed up to Ivy Bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 1025 Exeter has just passed Ivy Bridge and is descending towards Seaton Junction. The lineside, recently flailed, has a more cared-for look than many, although it is a very long way from the high standards of the past.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When this was still a proper main line, the scout well remembers going to Waterloo behind a “Warship” diesel and being served breakfast by a steward in a white tunic at a real table with a cloth cover, while watching the East Devon countryside flash by. He remembers as a lad looking out for the signs which began with: “You’re approaching the Strong country.”<\/p>\n\n\n

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Black Sand Bridge, the next one along, carries the A35. The original caused a dog leg in the road which has been straightened by this replacement. It is not a skew bridge: the line, as can be seen, passes through a hollow central pier formed by the steel girders.
The abutments of the original bridge can be seen from the train.
This is the 0820 Waterloo which had crossed the Up at Axminster.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n