Am 07.11.20 um 02:39 schrieb ann sanfedele:
would like the back story on Ralf's - what caused the rails to become "wrinkled"? frost and heave? floods? quake?
Quite frankly no idea. This isn't a real railway. The rails were used by the local fishermen to move their boats across the beach. Everything is a lot smaller than it looks and I gather they have the same gauge as the neighbouring Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway, i.e. 15 inch. They look as if they haven't been used for a long time and, much like the huts in the background, have been left there to contribute to the picturesque impression of the whole place. Dungeness is indeed a very peculiar place, with it's half-desert-like nature, simple fisher huts and this enormous eyesore of a nuclear power station. Here's a photo I've taken on another visit there: https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/in-englands-green-and-pleasant-land-fotoralfbe/23396586 The big concrete monster in the background is the reactor building. The only other solid buildings are those victorian houses on the right for the lighthouse wardens. Wikipedia has this about Dungeness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeness ...and the Internet has lots of other articles about the unique nature and geology of the place. It has indeed some strange kind of attraction and we've often returned there on our many daytrips over from Dunkirk. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
