{"id":2877,"date":"2023-06-19T01:35:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T01:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/travelling-on-tarkas-train-1\/"},"modified":"2023-06-19T01:35:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T01:35:07","slug":"travelling-on-tarkas-train-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/travelling-on-tarkas-train-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Travelling On Tarka’s Train (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Book : The Film : The Line<\/span><\/p>\n Tarka the Otter: His Joyful Water-Life and Death in the Country of the Two Rivers is a 1927 novel by English writer Henry Williamson, first published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons with an introduction by the Hon. Sir John Fortescue. It won the Hawthornden Prize in 1928, and has never been out of print since its first publication.<\/span><\/p>\n The novel describes the life of an otter, along with a detailed observation of its habitat in the country of the River Taw and River Torridge in North Devon (the “Two Rivers”); the name “Tarka” is said by Williamson to mean “Wandering as Water”. Although not written for children, the book soon became popular with young readers.<\/span><\/p>\n There was a film.<\/p>\n Even Mts fbb was impressed and will join chubby hubby for a ride to Dawlish next.<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n <\/p><\/span><\/div>\n There were no remnants from the\u00a0 “bap” and contents!<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n … with the Ilfracombe line soon turning north.<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n <\/p><\/span><\/div>\n They may have thundered, but they did not do it very fast!<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n But, remarkably, ALL the stations between Exeter St Davids and Barnstaple are still open. This timetable extract shown how it works.<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n travelling south from Barnstaple, all trains stop at Eggesford, Copplestone and Crediton. All the other stations are not served by all trains. When a train DOES call it is “by request only”. That includes Newton St Cyres, served only by Okehampton trains.<\/p>\n Tomorrow, fbb will take you on a whistle-stop (horn-stop) tour of each station, attempting to contrast the past from today. But for the time being a synopsis of the line’s history will be appropriate.<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n That must have been fun, fun all the way operationally!<\/span><\/p><\/span><\/div>\n
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