The recent storm impacts in Dawlish have received a lot of media attention. Various news items have been published by newspapers such as The Guardian, The Times and The Independent, mentioning the expected 6-week closure of the railway line for repairs, the evacuations of the houses behind the sea wall, the impact on the economy of the train disconnection between Cornwall and South West Devon to the rest of England. The BBC has also published various news items on the recent events at the Dawlish coast, including an interesting item on 'How to fix the Dawlish problem?' (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26068375).
Last Sunday (the 16th), I went out to visit Dawlish and see some of the impacts of the recent storms for myself. The site where the major damages have happened to the sea wall and the railway, and where the houses are evacuated due to flood and landslide risks, has been closed off to the public. What it looks like to a visitor is like a big construction site, closed off by fences, with a lot of construction trucks and concrete grinders, and many construction workers in orange suits and helmets walking around. While being there, I realised how invasive it must probably feel for the inhabitants of Dawlish to have such a large part of their village turned into a construction site. I took some pictures that maybe give an impression on the situation:
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