Taking the Avocet Line to Exmouth (22nd June 2024)

[@НикитаЖуков-ъ3ю]

Thank you for interesting video! It was a hypothesis, that Lympstone was a prototype of quiet small town of Lymstock from Agatha Christie's novel The Moving Finger. The residence of Agatha Christie was near Torquay, not so far from river Exe estuary.

[@stephenbennettrailways]

@@НикитаЖуков-ъ3ю Thank you and I am pleased you enjoyed watching the video. Agatha Christie’s home in South Devon was at Greenway which overlooks the beautiful River Dart. I will talk more about this in a new video I am making from the Paignton & Kingswear Heritage Railway which passes nearby. The home is open to visitors and is looked after by the National Trust. Best Wishes, Stephen.

[@reu28]

Another interesting local railways video. would you consider doing an "all stations" in exeter video? as there are now 8 stations scattered around exeter. i would like to do such a video but being disabled its sadly beyond me.

[@stephenbennettrailways]

@reu28 Thank you Reuben. I have never travelled the Avocet Line before and really enjoyed making this video. The current station at Exmouth is just a shadow of its former self and the tiny request stops along the line were charming. I hope to make another visit back to Devon & Cornwall next year and plan to make more videos. I don’t know the Exeter area very well but the idea of making a video about the stations from Exeter St David’s & Exeter Central out into the suburbs sounds really intriguing and I will definitely look into it. Best Wishes, Stephen