General Discussion
Yes....and Wham bars too. I was going to mention that I also tried to go 'crabbing' in the rock pools and that there were a lot less crabs than I had found as a child. But I don't think we can blame local Government development policy for that one.
It's a fair comment about the size of the place I guess. And perhaps, rather than ranting, you have actually answered the question as to why it seemed there were so few pubs open, given two were up for sale at the time as you say. I am still puzzled though by those childhood memories of the place being a proper buzzing holiday resort both day and evening. Something was very different on this ...
Cosey, have you read my posts? Somebody commented that visitors these days would be dissapointed, so I confirmed that from my experience of recent compared to 25 years ago. The defensiveness that has come back is probably part of the problem. I won't be going to Benidorm, I'll continue to visit other Eureopean areas that cater for adults and put the effort in to be current, hygenic, and alive. ...
A bit harsh. I'll neither be shutting up nor telling anybody else to ! I stayed not far from the sea front. Exact location not relevant. The whole place is withing 5 mins walking distance. I hope they succeed with those plans. But already I'm cringing at the thought of some sort of 'traditional' british sea side scenario with slot machines, chips, rudepost cards and screaming children. Need to ...
Nelson, anybody who has been to Europe will know what I mean by a busy evening townlife. Have you never been to France or Italy and wandered the streets soaking up the bar/restaurant/cafe culture ? Contrast that to Dawlish where not a soul can be seen after 8pm. And don't start on the weather again in response to this, its warm enough in the British summer evening to support the same sort of ...
I'm not judging it, I'm trying to guage if less people go there these days than in the 1980's. If you had read my posts you would see that. Now,..if I were judging it I would talk about the following.... 1) The lack of pubs 2) The lack of restaurants 3) The fact that the whole place seemed to have closed down as soon as night fell, even on Friday/Saturday evening. 4) The lack of people generally ( ...
Nelson, Sorry, I think I have confused things. All along I have been talking about 'Dawlish' the place on the South coast of England where, like anywhere else in the British Isles, August is the height of summer. But you apparently are talking about somewhere where spring and september are best parts of the year weatherwise with guaranteed sunshine. I have to assume that's somewhere in Asia. In ...
Mid August 2011
As it happens Dawlish Warren turned out to be the saving grace of our trip. There seemed to be more going on there than I remembered of the 1980's. I decided that this was why the beaches of Dawlish itself were dead. I had no doubt that self serving interests in local government would be at the heart of this and I sympathise with those of you locals who are on the receiving end of that. Not sure ...
Brazilnut, that's good to hear. Just out of interest, have you lived threre a long time ? I ask because my memory of the 1980's was of it being a popular busy place on the beach during the day and in pubs and restaurants at night. But at my mid August 2011 visit there were more dogs than people on the beach and in the evening the whole place was eerily quiet. We honestly could not find one pub ...
