lightengine Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 At 8:45 on the video and I'm thinking this is "Shadow" , the offspring of the Big Red Spidery Thing. It's beginning to sound like a Hitchcock horror. Son of the Big Red Spidery Thing. Many spin offs here. Revenge of The Orange Army, Captain Kernow and The Orange Clad Boys (borrowed from an Elton John album) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Could be a hangover from 1688 - William of Orange landed just down the coast at Brixham. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted March 21, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 21, 2014 Is that a menu request for Taunton on 27th April, then?! Do they eat those in Somerset? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I can confirm that they will be cut up on site and the material in them disposed of. Business venture here. Selling all the rocks/stones from the containers to visiting grockles as souvenirs. Where can I put an offer in for the containers? I am sure that with some well worded adverts 'almost new', 'only used once', "slight wear' I could sell the containers on ebay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 There were certainly a few square miles of very 'red sea' when I was there yesterday!It would have ended up in the sea sooner or later anycase, without any human intervention I reckon.[/quote On Monday we had the red sea and one patch close inshore east of the coastal lookout was luminous green where the outfall had been dyed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted March 21, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 21, 2014 Do they eat those in Somerset? You can if you want to, all you lot have to do is say the word!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 (edited) Business venture here. Selling all the rocks/stones from the containers to visiting grockles as souvenirs. Where can I put an offer in for the containers? I am sure that with some well worded adverts 'almost new', 'only used once', "slight wear' I could sell the containers on ebay. Could always sells chunks of the containers themselves to RMWebbers a la Berlin Wall.......... I wouldn't mind a 6" square to hang on my basement wall. Would go well next to my vintage steel Indian Motorcycles sign, Best, Pete. Edited March 21, 2014 by trisonic 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Business venture here. Selling all the rocks/stones from the containers to visiting grockles as souvenirs. Where can I put an offer in for the containers? I am sure that with some well worded adverts 'almost new', 'only used once', "slight wear' I could sell the containers on ebay. My neighbour sells cars like that on ebay. "supermarket scrapes, women drivers, age related dinks", they appear on each one he lists. Stewart 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted March 21, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 21, 2014 I can confirm that they will be cut up on site and the material in them disposed of. Chop the seaward side out of the containers and the sea will take care of most of the disposal I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Could always sells chunks of the containers themselves to RMWebbers a la Berlin Wall.......... I wouldn't mind a 6" square to hang on my basement wall. Would go well next to my vintage steel Indian Motorcycles sign, Best, Pete. I am just starting my sales database Pete. I also have some original Victorian sand from the washed out wall, last touched by navvies circa 1840's. Bagged up it is available now. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandman Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 (edited) Another concrete pour in what looks like appalling weather. Obviously not an easy site for a pump and jib so it looks like each pour is brought in from the Dawlish access point. No wonder the 'Orange Army' is getting a cult following. Edited March 21, 2014 by Highlandman 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammy Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 "Orange Army" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted March 21, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 21, 2014 "Orange Army" They'll have to get Elvis Costello to write a song about them. Jamie 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 They'll have to get Elvis Costello to write a song about them. Jamie We will have pipe and drum bands marching into Dawlish. The Dutch cricket team (who beat Ireland in the Twenty 20 cricket) playing against the Captain Kernow Select Eleven playing for the Big Red Spidery Thing trophy. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammy Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Sorry for going OT had to photo the laptop 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 There were certainly a few square miles of very 'red sea' when I was there yesterday!It would have ended up in the sea sooner or later anycase, without any human intervention I reckon.[/quote On Monday we had the red sea and one patch close inshore east of the coastal lookout was luminous green where the outfall had been dyed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkie_pudd Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 oh ballast all together now we are the Dawlish orange army society........ 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Chop the seaward side out of the containers and the sea will take care of most of the disposal I reckon. I had wondered if it was possible to build a new wall in front of the containers, then reinstate the footpath at its correct height over the top,leaving the containers in situ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I had wondered if it was possible to build a new wall in front of the containers, then reinstate the footpath at its correct height over the top,leaving the containers in situ! You'd have loads of voids in the containers and rubble that would eventually erode out and destroy the thing you've built. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I had wondered if it was possible to build a new wall in front of the containers, then reinstate the footpath at its correct height over the top,leaving the containers in situ! Isn't the sea wall footpath going to be at the same height as it was? Surely a short stretch of it cannot vary in height. CK's photos show the L-shaped pieces with a pre-patterned facet to the walk way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 (edited) Isn't the sea wall footpath going to be at the same height as it was? Surely a short stretch of it cannot vary in height. CK's photos show the L-shaped pieces with a pre-patterned facet to the walk way. I agree. The reinstatement of the higher walkway is not, IIRC, part of the plan, much as it would add protection. One of CK's posts says this. A section of walkway by Sea Lawn Terrace was lowered years ago at the request of the then owner of the land so that people wouldn;t be able to look into his house and invade his privacy. This was before the current houses were built. (Again IIRC) Edited March 21, 2014 by Coombe Barton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I know CK said they weren't going to - I was only wondering if it was possible... ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 (edited) I know CK said they weren't going to - I was only wondering if it was possible... ;-) He wants to - it's structurally possible, but there's planning regulations ... But not with the containers in place - they're not structurally good enough to make a base. Edited March 21, 2014 by Coombe Barton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted March 21, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 21, 2014 Looks like a couple of days old but worth a look. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IIiED7SMF0 Note the hand of God appearing at the end of the video!!! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted March 21, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 21, 2014 I agree. The reinstatement of the higher walkway is not, IIRC, part of the plan, much as it would add protection. One of CK's posts says this. A section of walkway by Sea Lawn Terrace was lowered years ago at the request of the then owner of the land so that people wouldn;t be able to look into his house and invade his privacy. This was before the current houses were built. (Again IIRC) That's right, although I heard from another (non-railway) local source of a reference on a local Facebook page to it going back at the higher level, which is completely against everything that I have heard via official channels. It was originally one James Powell, owner of the former Sea Lawn House (on the site of Sea Lawn Terrace) that got the South Devon Railway to construct the walkway at the lower level from the outset. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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