On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 Sacha wrote:

I thought everyone knew that. When I first moved to Devon, I
thought
there were a lot of strawberry roans around my home. Then I realised
they'd been lying on/rolling in red Devon mud!
Even the sand on the beach at Paignton & Goodrington stains towels /
clothes
red!
Used to take that train to work from Paignton to Exeter & at sunrise those
cliffs through Dawlish etc. glowed! That and their wonderful shapes even
brightened up a Monday morning!
Les

That trainline to Dawlish is magical, even if waves do break over the
carriages occasionally.

When I was a boy I knew the red sandstone from the other side of the Exe
estuary. Exmouth was a quaint little fishing town in those days and I
loved wandering around the docks.

David

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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK
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