Today’s Dawlish visit was completely unplanned! I had intended to head over to Shaldon, but when I woke up I simply didn’t fancy it, so I changed plans and decided to have an aimless mooch around Dawlish instead. As it turned out, that was a very good decision, because I discovered that the long-awaited Dawlish Golf Course has finally reopened! I’ve been following the story ever since the old course was dug up to make way for the South West Water works, so it was fantastic to see everything restored and open to the public once again. I was kindly given permission to go in and have a quick look around before the customers arrived, including the Safari Mini Golf course with all its animal features. Along with that lovely surprise, we also check in on Hope the Cygnet, enjoy plenty of trains and viewer submissions, and make the most of a very warm day in Dawlish. A completely unplanned visit that turned into a rather good one!
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No railtours today
Tomorrow let people know that I have a new locomotive so my layout is back on 🎉
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I have watched your videos I have bill I have subscribe to your videos I have I hope your mum get well soon bill okay I love watching your videos and Andy videos I do okay bill from James Northcote I hope your mum get well soon okay
well done Bill weeeeee😁👏👏👏👏
hope mums feeing better again now bill ❤❤
Really enjoying your channel Bill, excellent wanderings.
That was a nice leisurely walk around Dawlish bill, they certainly got stuck in and finished up after the works and disruption. I wonder if that fast accelerating train that you got on, was fitted with motors taken from the confiscated E bikes? 😅
Amazingly fast work re-building the golf course. Big credit to the workers. Nice video Bill
Thank Bill Bless Mum 🙏❤️😊xx
that was a great long walk around dawlish then normal nice to see the golf place is back open. at 1.18 thats for bikes
Nice to see the golf course up and running bill
Hope mum is feeling better. Soup for mum instead of roast dinner. 😢. Get well soon bill mum
I can assure people that the Dawlish sign will be going back on the safari golf course, I did enquire about it last week. I would like to think that it would be done in flowers , my Nan used to put some of her marigolds in the original sign when it was a putting green. The photographer in the video, is someone who does all the official photography for the town and you’ll always encounter him in his electric wheelchair.