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In a nut shell the discussion above demonstrates why many people don't bother to post on this site anymore or sparingly
Margaret Swift you were making a very serious allegation of crime, without initially giving any evidence, and I thought it reasonable to question it. You have now provided your reason for making it. What you have said so far is certainly suspicious behaviour, but not evidence of drug running. If illegal drugs are being brought onto the coast by boat as you allege then it is definitely a matter for ...
@Vicks, why would you think my post wasn't serious? Or backed up by verified evidence, Sounded quite a hostile response to me! Is it so improbable we have a drugs problem in Dawlish? The wall is owned by Network Rail, the coastguard cannot move the people on the wall on. However, the week prior to the most recent episode, the men waiting and signalling out to sea were scared off when a helicopter ...
And oh wouldn't it be such a delicious irony if the value (quite literally) of the ransom strip was effectively wiped out by this recently approved housing scheme going ahead (being built by Templar Homebuild Ltd I believe) and achieving access from a different aspect (albeit at the cost of a 300 year old oak tree.)
Margaret Swift I would suggest calling the Coastguard via 999 if you witness it again. My post was not meant to be hostile. 1263 - sorry, don't understand your banter on this occasion.
What has happened to the proposals to convert the old job centre in newton abbot into accomidation? Perhaps the council should get the finger out on this issue rather than whinging about access to land to build flats.?
And a quick online search reveals the following: Broseley was sold to Trafalgar House in 1987 and integrated into Ideal Homes. Ideal Homes was sold to Persimmon in 1996. Ergo.......?
That presupposes that there is alternative land available. On the subject of who it is who owns the ransom land. I found this . So it seems it is not an individual who owns the ransom land but a developer. Who took over Broseley? Find that out and it seems we might find out who owns the ransom land. ‘We had hoped to access the site from Parkers Road, where there is already an access ...
@vicks - surely your not anothr of these "woke" people.?
Why so hostile Vicks? Are you part of the problem? Verified by my own eyes on several occasions, the last also witnessed by other neighbours. The last occasion I reported it to Network Rail, who have taken the issue seriously and involved Btitish Transport Police and since then there has been no activity.