On the 19th day of my 100 Happy Days I went to the Babbacombe Cliff Railway and the surrounding bay / beaches below and spent the evening walking coastal paths, listening to the gentle lap of waves and distant whir of cable mechanisms. The funicular railway runs up and down a cliff side towards Babbacombe Bay, Torquay, enclosed by the Babbacombe and Oddicombe Beaches. It first opened in 1926, but has undergone several refurbishments since then, the last of which was in 2007. I didn't take a camera with me, as it was something of an impromptu visit, but the photo above is a postcard from a shop on the beachfront.
Funicular railways are awesome ^_^ Especially awesome when they've been going for a zillion years lol. Your blog makes me want to visit Torquay!
ReplyDeleteYes, they are! ^.^ Also, you should visit Torquay! We have beaches and er...other things, haha.
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