General Discussion

Look up "Bluster" on Marine Traffic.com. For a better photo go to their photos page and scroll down for one when she was leaving port in Holland with this in tow.

I see from today's Gazette that the success of the Dawlish Warren promotion was supported by a grant from Dawlish Town Council.

They can plan all they like but if they hold the traffic up any more they directly interfere with their own very expensively "researched" policies. http://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=33318&p=0

My point was that, as in the case of the compulsory purchase of farmland, one of the reasons given was to draw people away from the Warren (as I interpreted it). The redevelopement of the shops seemed to go against this. I have no axe to grind against anyone trying to make a living but as I see it if there is a policy then you either stick to it, in all applications, or abandon it.

So much for the stated policy in other applications that they do not wish to attract extra footfall to the Exe Estuary.

Presumeably from "mobile sales" they mean a handcart as a few years ago Network Rail banned all vehicles from the sea wall to Coryton Cove.

The Lawn was never intended to have steps in the Brook.  The steps collect the silt when it is calm and as a consequence when there is a flood the water is already higher than it would be if it had not been "sanitised". If there were no steps to impede the flow of water there would be a natural flush which would not only clear the silt but also clear all the other manmade problems such as the ...

The shop at the bottom of Strand Hill is available to lease at a reasonable rate and anyone with a good idea should approach David Force to enquire or ask advice. It will NOT be available to Charity Shops. If I find the rates too much to cope with whilst looking for a responsible tenant who has a solid idea to keep the premises going I will have to apply to turn it into a maisonette. It will also ...

I used to have a shop in Dawlish and I will never forget the comment of a woman from out just past Port Road......"Very nice, I'll come when you have a closing down sale." I hope she reads this as she might just as well have stuck a knife in me at the time.

I lived in Dawlish for 20 years and follow what goes on closely. I am afraid you cannot fight the march of time (some call it progress) and if everyone is honest with themselves they just have to watch what has been happening for many years. A large Supermarket was bound to come and this will accelerate the process. Sad that it was builtg on a green field. When I arrived they were about to knock ...