Dawlish News
I know which train I was on lol! It was the on-board train manager who announced that we had slowed down and then stopped due to signalling problems at Frome. I was merely sharing my experiences, I never said that you said that the 06:21 had been cancelled. Are the cancelled trains Crosscountry ones by any chance? The ones that can't cope with water?
Nope Margaret I get off the 06:21 at St David's, grab a coffee and get the next train which stops only at Taunton and Reading. Like I said, the last two journies London bound were affected by signalling and slow local trains.
Now I'm definitely not an expert on railways myself, however I didn't realise that like myself Margaret is also a frequent traveller to London - she should have mentioned it before - and I can honestly say that my most recent journies there have only been blighted by signal problems at Frome last time, and then getting stuck behind a slow local train even further upcountry. The FGW 6:21 that I ...
I wonder how many people vehemently demanding this cross country alternative line are also vehemently against the compulsory purchase of Farmer Weekes' tiny parcel of land? Or are vehemently against homes being built on other farmers land?
I'm more upset by seeing the damage that Mother Nature has just wreaked upon Torcross / Slapton Sands on the South Hams. Far worse than just a couple of bricks coming loose on our seawall. But there again, I've no selfish agenda...
No Clive, this isn't painting the roses red. This is just baseless scaremongering by the Plymouth mob. Aided and abetted by a frenzied and ill-informed media.
Whilst I'm sure that "willsmith" is on the wind up, just for the record though the Exe Trail is a shared user route. I.e. for cyclists and pedestrians alike.
Not to mention the dangerous allergic reactions caused by fake perfumes, and the risk of electrocution caused by fake electronic goods. There's no such thing as a victimless crime, and so I'm therefore pleased that these two criminals have been stopped from ripping off consumers with rubbish imitations.
It's a shame that the paper doesn't check the facts. No trains were cancelled this morning. Waves were not crashing into trains - spray was. This is the same as every winter - no need for scaremongering.
As if the country isn't already laughing enough at Dawlish because of this non-story, we now make a statement akin to putting Tigger on the naughty step! Ms Sleeman should ask her superior officer to let her go on a media awareness course before she next publishes nonsense like this!
