Judith Chalmers
Thanks Margaret, that's great to read. They've been looking sorry for a bit longer than you suggest, however we all look forward to seeing the station looking blooming lovely again. Hopefully they'll be fed/watered all year round. Thanks again.
I agree that she does. She has a lot of inside information which I'm pleased she's sharing with us. For the record and for what it's worth, I've already signed the petition that's doing the rounds.
Hi Lynne, The £500,000 reference was originally in the article linked below. However it has subsequently been edited out - at whose request I wouldn't have a clue. http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Campaign-save-farmer-s-land/story-24569287-detail/story.html
Whilst the "Friends of Dawlish Station" did well to win awards for helping tidying the station up after the Great Storm, who's responsible for its ongoing maintenance? I'm thinking specifically about the planters that now look in a very sorry state indeed and in fact make the platforms look a mess. How much do a few winter pansies or other hardy plants cost to buy and to keep fed/watered?
Thanks Lynne. Though all the lovely land beside might make a glorious SANGS? With part of the Red Rock becoming a visitor hub / cafe perhaps? Maybe Farmer Weeks might consider giving the £500,000 he'll receive, towards the upkeep of the Centre? Why should he of course but I'm just throwing it out there.
Possibly not. Though just as possible is that the 5 that you refer to may have been swept away by the huge floods that we suffered during those two years. Or possibly ravaged by dogs owned by selfish/stupid owners. Just playing devils advocate here.
Today's Gazette reports that the town is to get 2 new female black swans. Thanks go to Dawlish Town Council for investigating and resolving this. Apparently all remaining black swans are male! And we can't be having that! :-)
The Red Rock Centre has received a temporary reprieve according to todays Gazette. One thing though that occurs to me is that the £500,000 that Farmer Weeks is reported to have been offered for part of his estate, would fund the Centre for 15 years. What a legacy that would be in exchange for what is, in my opinion, little more than scrubland.
it must have been the Christmas Market on the Strand that I saw advertised.
Andylufc, yes they had their one holiday of the year during those two weeks! Back open now though - sorry lol!
