thing is they are doing. they are diverging a river, dawlish water, which runs through the centre of the town. as you can see, they have excavated a new channel and they will run the water out. one way they are protecting their line, the station and the town of dawlish from the ravages of the sea. coastal erosion a major problem around the uk coastline, for people, properties and businesses who are fighting against what he wants to do to make sure they can live their lives the way they want. a hairline crack appeared, and then throughout the day, itjust kept opening up and just kept opening up and the cracks just got — kept getting bigger and bigger. you were standing onjust, like, moving land when we were trying to move the fences because the fences were there and the crack was appearing and we were open at the time. didn't quite know what to do. and people were coming in.