General Discussion
Is it not possible to bring supplies into the cove by small boat or hand cart? Perhaps contact businesses in Clovelly (North Devon) to see how they get around the no cars allowed problem.
Hopefully Network Rail and the council can sort something out and allow the events to continue and the cafe. It seems whenever something good happens in Dawlish someone finds a way to kill it!
I've spoken to Cllr Wrigley. He says: I will do everything I can to keep the cafe running. My understanding is that the cafe should have full access after the building work is complete, and that it should be ok. However, the loss of trade now is a big issue we have to tackle too. I have been trying to get to the reality today, and there is some mis information and mis communication I fear. I ...
@Margaret Swift Better putting up with noise 24/7 for a few months than getting flooded or losing your life.
Build the wall but done take someone’s livelihood away needlessly!
I think you will find that vehicles have never been allowed to drive along the wall and Network Rail are just enforcing what is already in place. And maybe if like me Margaret Swift you had sea water in your property on a regular basis you may have a different opinion i welcome the work that is going on and if i had my way it would be higher and wider. Why can Network Rail run there vehicles along ...
And then it’s 24 hours a day from September until they finish, supposedly mid-January!
The trains do not compare to the horrendous noise from the work on the wall! Yes, the work has to be done but the line isn’t breached, like it was in 2014, so there is no need to work all day and night. We should have at least two nights a week without any work so we can get a decent nights sleep! It’s all to do with profit margins and greed and they don’t give a dam about the impact on the lives ...
This is devasting news. The cafe brought the cove back to life and has been hugely popular for the last three years. Why are Newtwork Rail being allowed to destroy Dawlish and wreck someone’s livelihood? What are our councillors doing to support Ian and Marco? Network Rail run their own vehicles along the wall so why can’t Ian do the same with his little pizza van? When the wall is completed ...
Sad news from the Cafe on Facebook We have some bad news..... Today Network rail informed us that we will no longer be able to drive along the sea wall to service and stock the cafe nor will we be able to bring down the Pizza van, sound equip ment and the supplies we need to run our events. This isn't a temporary decision this is a permanent prohibition. The result of this is that we have ...