neilh's Posts

If you like art there's an amazing exhibition on in St Michaels Church (Teignmouth) until 12th August.  Some really powerful pieces.  Reason I've posted here is that there's a piece called "Walls" which is of Dawlish sea front and the beauty of Lyme Bay.  You'll have to see it to understand the sub-caption which is "So why do people choose the captivity of TV?"  If you don't know Teignmouth well ...

Also there's a blue moon this month - 31st August.  I think the last one was about 3 years ago.  So for all those without a love of your own, keep watching ..........

Linked-in is like a business version fo Facebook.  It's been around for years and basically lets you keep in contact with business associates/contacts.  There are a number of specialist groups for specific business areas.

Yes, well spotted - looks like a spoof!!  But who would plant a butterfly like this in the middle of nowhere?

On Tuesday the sea-wall path from the Warren to Dawlish was packed with walkers - but weather was better then

On one of the far flung Scottish islands (can't remember which one) Gannets are the local delicacy - I think they are equally difficult to prepare and also involve some risk to life and limb in catching them.

I wonder what Coroebus would have thought about the disqualified badminton players today - not Olympian spirit.

@Don .... or your original rabies theory may be right.  Rabies => hydrophobia = fear of water; so maybe, just maybe, she has been afflicted by the constant deluge here since April.

History is more than just kings, queens, the exploits and dastardly deeds of the rich and powerful.  It is also the rich collection of anecdotes about ordinary folk which shape the nation we are.  Here's one about a Dawlish man ..... On 25th May 1876 a Dawlish man, one C. Lang, took a bet and probably in a fit of drunken bravado ran from the Teignmouth Inn in Dawlish to the Dawlish Inn in ...

Agreed.  A well-researched and interesting summary of the historic features of Dawlish.  Worth reading.

Thanks. Will have a go.

Still want KFC etc? http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/kfc-ordered-pay-8-3-073828382.html

And if you want to put more pressure on David cameron to take take action in UK to save bees then go to: http://www.foe.co.uk/what_we_do/the_bee_cause_35033.html#

10am. If you're quick you might just catch the crusade knight complete with chain mail and wooden horse who should just be reaching Dawlish town centre. He is walking from Lands End to Poland, raising money for one of the Armed Forces charities. He looked tired when I passed him so am sure he'd appreciate more words of encouragement and a donation to his collection box.

Has anyone run the Haldon Heartbeat before? 9 mile charity run through Haldon Forest on 28 April. Just wondering how easy/difficult a course it is.

Have just read a salutary account of a Luftwaffe pilot whose body was washed up on the beach at Dawlish on 13th January 1943. He had been shot down three days earlier during the bombing raid on Teignmouth. He was buried with full military honours in a war grave in Exeter cemetery. R.I.P. Feldwebel Joachim von Bitter, age 20 Six weeks later the British pilot who had shot him down was killed ...

And when you add in the owls hooting outside it's quite magical

Yes, Bullingdon. The stuff of future prime ministers and mayors of London .......

Thanks Taverner. Shame. Seemed like a cunning plan that Baldrick would have been proud of!!

And the South West is the best region for Solar PV electricity production - theoretically every house could be a generator to cover its own needs and feed back into the grid - dramatically cutting dependency on carbon-fuel based power stations

We seem to be going round in circles. See my post above: "If we start from the premise that a couple who have children are actually providing a benefit to society then you get a different picture. Why are they providing ? - because it's their children who will keep society going, who provide the future economy, who do the building, who produce the food, who care for the increasingly aging ...

OK here goes: 1. Assume working population of 20 million 2. Assume 1% are earning more than £150,000 a year (i.e. the 50% tax bracket) 3. So this gives 200,000 in that tax bracket 4. Assume average tax kick-back for this group is £17,500 5. This is roughly equivalent to two people on minimum wage (i.e. £17,500 + JSA or income support for 2 people which state wouldn't have to pay (say ...

On the subject of edible things, and I know it's not in Dawlish, there's a talk tonight at the Science Cafe in Teignmouth (The Oystercatcher) on the subject of insects you can eat. Apparently there'll be a cricket stir-fry to try. Useful to know when there's only us and insects left on the world (+ plants of course).

It would be interesting if everyone in the country withdrew their money at the same time from bank accounts in protest. Perhaps politicians would then take notice.

Have used O2 here for at least the last 5 years with no problem at all. Perhaps a change of provider might help. O2's coverage in general is a lot better.

AND NOW THE TEIGNMOUTH POST HAS RAISED THE ISSUE!! ........... Free ­parking confusion means drivers ticketed Friday, 16 December 2011 by John Ware THE ‘free’ parking in Teignmouth on Sundays is confusing motorists with several being booked. Fees are waived in all Teignbridge Council car parks, but county council on-street regulations are still in force. More than a dozen motorists ...

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Don't know if a relief road is needed or not but if anyone in TDC is looking at such a road then there is a "natural" route which they could be considering along existing country roads which could bypass both Dawlish, Teignmouth and Bishops if necessary. Coming from Cockwood along Exeter Road, turn right just after the Violet farm, then first left along Branscombe Lane, Hensford Road, Langdon ...

@Lynne - wouldn't want to see long lane turned into a road. i think it's one of the old drovers' paths around here and it would be a shame to lose one of the few remaining walking paths into the country @ everyone else - would be interested to know who put stone there and why