General Discussion
Seems the auction house that had sprung up at The Sunburnt Arms in the Warren has now relocated to The Old Brewery, High Street, Dawlish. (See the advert bottom right hand side of the front page in this week's Gazette).
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/news/135992.aspx
Yes, I totally agree with you Nelson - a great improvement. The new owner(s) are to be congratulated. I particularly like the fact that they provide copies of Private Eye for their customers to read.
Thanks for that info - very useful. I wonder if the local papers will be carrying details. After all there's no point in organisations existing if people who can/want to help don't know about them is there?
If you do a search on Exe Estuary Management Partnership you'll see that the issue of flooding either side of the River Exe is not only being taken seriously but is being addressed. Something to do with rising sea-levels........ Note there is a public consultation concerning the flood protection issue due to take place early 2012.
Channel 5 are looking for couples to appear in a new TV series which is currently in production . The series, which features one of the UK’s most-renowned chefs, focuses on independent restaurants from all over the country. They are looking for couples who work together to run their Eatery, which can be anything from a Restaurant, to a Cafe, Gastro pub, Bistro, Curry house and more! The series ...
I'll swear I've been watching a David Attenborough programme these past couple of weeks concerned with the polar regions showing, amongst other things, how the ice caps are retreating. Why are they retreating because they are melting. Why are they melting? Because...... I agree -the new houses in Dawlish will not, all by themselves, cause the sea levels to rise. The climate is already warming. ...
As we had a discussion (see above) about road and rail links and rising sea levels I just thought I'd let you all know that the rising sea level issue is not addressed at all by Devon County Council's Strategic Planners in their response to the draft Dawlish plan. Total silence. They also see no need for a new road to replace the A379. In their response they talk of more people in Dawlish using ...
I guess if any of us had gone along to the planning committee meeting that I believe was held yesterday at TDC we would also have known the committee's decision. Public meeting, public decision making. It will be interesting to see if the 30% quota affordable homes is adhered to.
We had our black bin emptied this morning and the refuse collectors put a yellow sticker on the top of each bin giving information about the Christmas and New Year waste collection dates. I imagine they wil be doing exactly the same thing to all the bins throughout the rest of this week.
