28th March

The lovely warm, sunny weather continues so more chances for some good photos.

Today I received a letter with short notice of a viewing appointment for the flat that I was supposed to view last Friday, so set off once again for Dartmouth, with camera in tow. Once the viewing was done I headed down the hill to the town centre to grab some photos of some of the ancient buildings.

The picture to the right is of the Butterwalk, I think it dates back to either the Elizabethan or Victorian era, in the building above is Dartmouth museum.
Most of the buildings around the town are from these periods, below are a some more photos of other buildings, unfortunately I don't know names or history.

As well as the great buildings there are some good little side streets like these. The one on the left leads to this church and the one on the right leads to the 14th century Cherub Inn.

My blip for today is of the canon that I was unable to photograph on Friday due to a fisherman. That can be view by clicking on the date, 28th March.

The final photo for today is of what is now the Platform 1 café bar, in 1864 it opened as Dartmouth's railway station. This particular station is very unusual in the fact that no trains have ever stopped there, in fact the railway never reached Dartmouth. So why build a station ? The answer is that Dartmouth Railway Station was a 'ticket station', travellers would buy their tickets then board a ferry that would take them across to Kingswear Station on the other side of the river to catch their trains.