Dawlish News
You may find that this path heightening is just the first useful step of more radical longer term plans. I would be very interested if anyone knows which, if any, of the expert wall proposals this improvement will fit into (see my rough summary of the May 'Seawall' lecture at the ICE). If it is to simply match up Sea Lawn with the rest of the seawall then it doesn't fit any of the solutions ...
...and if something terrible happened to you sister/wife/daughter/child... Agreed not to necessarily repeat the name but good to know the drift of what is currently possible.
...and I thought it was a 'nothing terrible ever happens' town... Is nowhere sacred anymore? If recent stories about the 'skull crusher' are anything to go by, this one if convicted will probably end up in some open prison as well after a due number of months...
... or if you have $40k spare change for a trip of a lifetime ... http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/got-40k-you-could-cross-the-atlantic-in-a-lancaster-bomber-1.2630060
Whoah, that really is a once in a lifetime event not to be missed and never to be repeated again after this summer. Was curious how a Lancaster is going to be able to fly across the Atlantic. The answer is simple. It has overnight stops in Newfoundland, Greenland and Iceland - all very sensible indeed with each leg of the journey being around half its potential range.
Probably THE most positive thread I have read and says volumes about the community spirit of Dawlish. I do so hope the momentum continues apace.
Very heart warming to hear such positive creative solutions.
Nostalgically, how about breaking rocks on Dartmoor for ballast on the railway? but to be more serious it does seem a shame not to increase schemes to harness their energies in a more positive way, benefits society and reduces their chance of re-offending on release. i.e. agree @Mrs C 'a combination of the two' is probably best. Would be telling to know if anything was stolen before the ...
Chain-gang them into doing the rebuild would be fitting. A £50 fine and a slap on the wrist more likely though.
New Civil Engineer 17.04.14, commentary by NR, '...there are still longer term issues and the South West and its economy remain vulnerable...We welcome the review looking into a long-term solution to the resilience of the railway network and look forward to more news on this in the autumn.' - fed up with being the ones to be paying compensation ?!
