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@Mrs C - 'closing the line' - where did heck that come from!!  no, no, no, don't get me wrong, i love the stretch, and visited it out of choice countless times when living for many years in exeter.  it's also the best relief of scenery to pass the time on a lengthy journey to cornwall.  need something on a route that takes twice as long as getting to paris from london.  i would die of boredom ...

No wonder the Eurostar is the mode of transport of choice for Euro MPs.  All that courtesy food and wine that comes with a first class ticket...silly me thinking it was to do with being green or 'turquoise'

Well that really is local news at the most appaling end of the spectrum.

and for those with a more academic inclination - post graduate degrees in spying are now on offer http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/msc-in-cyber-security-gchq-to-approve-postgraduate-degree-courses-in-spying-9242466.html

Thats brilliant! Thanks for your help.

One's grass needs mowing if he's available.

Yes...... I used a guy called Rob. Sorry I don't have a surname for him. His number is : 07772441979 If I recall he is living in Coronation Avenue , Dawlish He has done both internal plastering and external including Lime Render. No complaints.

I wonder if Chris Woodward had his bunting out today??!!

https://www.dawlish.com/photo?albumid=1003&userid=4553

Well done to all at network rail, for getting the railway line at dawlish up and running again. Dawlish is my home town, although I've not lived there for a long time now. I did not realise how special that part of the line was, as it's only when you get older that you apriciate these things, and although I've travelled on it loads of times. You don't realise what you have until it's gone. Let's ...

Seems from the answer on the BBC is 200years for the breach (happy days for those houses) and therefore 4-10years for the rest of it.

Yep, that's a train!   Good old Dawlish webcam, don't even need to go down there to check.

I had realy bad reception when using a Blaupunkt tv i have recently purchased a cheapo Celcus 32" from Sainsburys and perfect reception same arial same place in the house so is it that some makes recieve better than others just a thought maybe a expert would know.

All details are in todays Gazette

Are you suggesting a car race through Devon??

A TODDLER who fell and was unresponsive was flown from Dawlish Warren beach by Devon Air Ambulance yesterday. Helicopter paramedics were first on scene at the beach and took the little boy to the Royal Devon and Exeter hospital. The boy had fallen and suffered a serious head injury and the ambulance landed in the area near the amusement arcades. The rescue was one of seven in a busy Sunday for the ...

She's been coming to the Manor for surgeries for several years. Do you mean that she didn't know where she was?

Try looking on the Surfers against Sewage website Hollie. They regularly organise beach cleans and may have some advice/information

If you come across cyclists everywhere you drive, then it sounds like you have stalker issues, so no, this probably wouldn't change; however....I know many (ok- a few) cycists who use the road to avoid the Powderham-turf locks section, so it should reduce the numbers at least! Let's not forget, that cyclists are perfectly entitled to use the roads (although 2-a-breast is just anti-social and ...

Sure thing we could make it a tripple header Cats, Badgers, Pheasants. Need to get posh Mr Cameroons permission first though.

Shhhh Roberta. You'll spoil FredBassetts tea with such positivity!

Dawlish Community Consultation meeting Date: 25 Mar 2014 Location: Mayor's Parlour, Dawlish Manor house. Time 6pm This is an open meeting for the residents of Dawlish to give their views and support to the Neighbourhood Policing team and  decide on Local policing priorities. Whilst there are some set  topics for discussion in the main this is an open agenda which will draw upon the views of local ...

Andysport. I have given some thought to why i dont visit the beach anymore its probably because the children have now got there own friends and do their own things.   When they where young it was a great way to entertain them its free healthy and safe but i have decided that at least once a week i will have a walk along the wall and take the air looking forward to it all being open.

Politicians just can't win can they?  If they ask for an opnion then they're being intrusive and nosy, if they don't ask then it means they don't care!  It's better to be asked for an opinion, then choose not to give it than not to be asked at all.

I'm very happy!  At last they've given us control over how we manage our pensions, which means I'll finally be able to retire six months earlier than previously planned.  (I'm over retirement age but still working part time.)

The planning report states the outline application was received in July 2003. The airport was majority owned by Devon County Council at the time, and has since changed hands twice, most recently in 2013 to Rigby Group, which also owns Coventry Airport.

BBC Spotlight have got video footage of it at 6.30 tonight

Outline planning permission was granted (all matters reserved) and here is the conclusion of the meeting. http://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=40300&p=0

Totally agree with you Clive. It's what I've been getting at all along.

All sorted hens rehomed, look like nice birds. For sure they'll have a good life

@ Taylorjack. Great news It Is now live. Including drilling noises!!!!!!

@Lynne . Oops!! didn`t see that. sorry.

@Lynne - thanks - very interesting to see the tv summaries.

Yes I know about Bob's bike shop and of course I know about the multitude of eateries we have in the town. Not sure we have a lot of room for lots of bikes being parked up though. So, what I was(am) getting at is a one stop shop type of thing with plenty of room for bikes to park up, plenty of room for bikes to be stored for hiring and to be repaired enroute, and for it to be a eaterie as well. ...

Thought this might be of interest. BBC Spotlight Southwest covered this matter in last night's programme. Here is the iplayer link. It is the first item in the programme. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03xjwqw/Spotlight_12_03_2014/

@stephen15 - tavistock, lydford gorge, bridestowe are the relaid track (i.e. meldon-bere alston 20miles?).  the point is, when 'the options' get presented in june, the oke-tavy option should be 'cost benefited' not just as a resiliance and diversionary benefit but also as a county business generator that helps not just north devon but South Devon as well .  Hence, my numbers game of 78 journey ...

Leatash, I said 'one of' not 'the'...semantics...no matter. Lynne - thank you.  Maybe the Dawlish Gazette would fly the flag for the town.  I saw your post of Mark Carne's statement regarding the views of stakeholders, so once the repair work is done I guess it'll come down to whether Dawlish 'stakeholders' have the wherewithal to hold their own.

Funding: I was not born yesterday, though on these message boards we seem to have to much rudeness, circling of situations and people who are very obviously getting a kick from being spiteful and enjoy telling us how someone has upset them. In recent times can we all just take a step back, breath, enjoy this town that we choose to live in and look at what is currently being done to improve the ...

A Dawlish historian has claimed the damage to the Dawlish rail line may have been prevented if the designer Brunel's original plans were followed. Bob Vicary prepared seven history boards along the South Devon Coast Path between Dawlish Warren and Lea Mount Park, Dawlish, for the Brunel bicentenary. He did much research and said the facts are 'a bit faint, but plenty of them'. Read more: ...

I have now had the following from Devon County Council The 6 month period stipulated in the closure notice is a standard time period used for any closure that is likely to be more than a couple of weeks.  In other words, its entirely routine formulation of a notice Network Rail has not yet given a schedule for the works, so there is no suggestion from Network Rail that it will be 6 months. Devon ...