WREATHS of poppies are on their way to London having been picked up by the Great Western Railway Poppies to Paddington train this morning.

The service has picked up wreaths from towns along the route including Dawlish where Mayor Cllr Anthony James handed over the town’s poppy to GWR staff on the 07.03 train from Dawlish to Paddington.

The wreath will join others carried on the service, which starts at Penzance, and from across the GWR network to a Remembrance Day ceremony taking place at the Great Western Railway War Memorial in Paddington Station.

Volunteer Noreen Goodchild was on hand to deliver the hand-made crochet wreath which she helped to make.

In Teignmouth, Mayor Cllr Cate Williams was joined by town Cllr Vanda Rudge and district Cllr Pete Williams to present a wreath on behalf of the town.