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Boathouse
Duckileaks
Duckileaks
3 Jul 2020

Margaret - of course they weren't obviously open!  They have back entrances though, and one of them covered the windows in newspapers.

@leatash . I know. I was being sarcastic as someone above was under the impression that they were full of passengers.

Boathouse
Daverc
Daverc
3 Jul 2020

The only thing I know is that the Smugglers isn't opening till Wednesday.

Lynne
Lynne
3 Jul 2020

On a not unrelated issue - anyone know which pubs in Dawlish and the Warren plan on opening/not opening on Sat.

Margaret Swift
Margaret Swift
2 Jul 2020

We don't have that many pubs in Dawlish! I walk past four of them regularly and none have been obviously open, well, three of the four definitely not open!! I must admit some suspicious activity at one of them!

There was only crew on board no passengers.

Carer
Carer
2 Jul 2020

According to AIS, they have both gone now. Wow, 8000 passengers spending nearly 2 weeks in Torbay spending all that money.

Boathouse
Duckileaks
Duckileaks
2 Jul 2020

I'd happily name them, but for one thing - definite knowledge. What would happen if I named them and it turned out that I'd been fed malicious gossip? Sorry, Dil but maybe you'll have to wait for details to come via another source.

So, it has taken 4 long years to progress what was decided upon in 2016 (see newspaper report below) to where we are now (see my posting above this one).  Doesn't auger well for that link road being completed anytime soon, does it? A newspaper report from 4 years ago: ...

1 Jul 2020

At Dawlish Town Council meeting held early last month it is minuted that County Cllr John Clatworthy reported that; Regarding the Link Road I have been told there is a meeting with Persimmon this week regarding the draft legal agreements and it is hoped they will be in place later in the summer and the Planning application will then hopefully be made in the autumn. The application will only ...