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Another of the South West Coast Path footprints here in Ilfracombe, claiming its curious coastal charm.
This is a close up of several of the insulated clips fixing the track to the sleepers. The track had been laid on bare formation - all ballast had been removed. You can see that the steel sleepers are shaped in such a way to dig into the ballast.
The old Barnstaple to Bideford Railway Line is now a cycle/foot path making up part of the SW Coast Path.
The path runs over the old track bed and there are still a few reminders of the railway like this old lamp post apparently illuminating a bush but almost certainly once used to illuminate a siding for a coal powered electricity generating station at Yelland on the River Taw.
More recently the path was used to film a programme in the series James May's Toy Stories where a model railway was laid along the path.
Taken on a short stay near Barnstaple in October 2013.
I'm guessing this is a tense time for all involved. After a quiet day the breeze is starting to get up, which is the last thing they want at this stage.
Clovelly: Bob Scott took this picture of the unique New Inn Hotel in picturesque Devon village Clovelly is positioned right in the very heart of the village. Originally built in the 17th Century, The New Inn has been a hostelry for well over 100 years and has been refurbished in the style of William Morris. Because of the age of the building, each of our delightful rooms has their own unique character and charm. Seven feature sea views over Bideford Bay towards Saunton Sands and Braunton, 10 miles away. The New Inn can offer budget accommodation for walkers, fisherman, divers and groups, with full use of the bar, restaurant and other facilities at the New Inn.
A granite War Memorial was erected on Bradworthy Square in 1923. On it are recorded the names of the fallen in the two World Wars. A Memorial Service is held in November of every year.
A recent acquisition, this small vase has a very satisfying shape. Its renditions of the "Jacobean" pattern are freely painted, and the impressed mark suggests a date of around 1930.
The centre mileage point of South Molton Turnpike Trust at the base of the Town Hall. First spotted by Alan Rosevear of the Milestone Society.
Wilder Road, built in the 1870sto give better access to the prestigious Ilfracombe Hotel. Beaconsfield Terrace on the left was built in 1880 as 'housing for artisans' and the wedge shaped building with the extraordinarily narrow end was built in 1885 or by 1898 probably by the Ilfracombe Gas Company, perhaps as showrooms or perhaps also to hide the gas works which were on the site to the right.
On the clifftop at Westward Ho!
I'm not overdoing the punctuation here, the ! is part of the name Westward Ho!.
Briefly the Church's architectural history has been as follows. A small late Norman building, the earliest known to us. Then in the 13th century this was enlarged to make an Early English cruciform Church. After severe damage by lightning in 1395, a rebuilding was completed by the year 1400, mainly in the Perpendicular style as we see it today. The fine west tower was added about 1500.
Highly corrected for verticals and perspective.