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On Saturday, Dawlish Leisure Centre was witness to a huge achievement, as TSW Juniors Octopush Team completed twenty-two miles of sponsored Octopush, equivalent to crossing The Channel, which is what they are due to do in April, to take on Europe’s best junior sides in Holland.  Forty-three swimmers contributed in the 8 hour 40 minute marathon relay in which the puck travelled every inch of the ...

Its supposed to be self financing, I understand from an official that they (CEO's) are instructed to issue at least 9 PCN's a day, which of course the council deny. It is supposed to be for traffic calming and congestion. I think the point of the progam is to prove the corruption taking place in some councils re parking legislation. Adjudicator organisation receive 65p for every ticket issued ...

Agree, had a lovely trouble free drive to Plymouth and back. Not many trucks and better still no sign of any traffic cops collecting illeagal government taxes. Let the old fuel guzzling BMW stretch is legs. Deep Joy

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@Don Pearson - aha, i have been wondering what happened to you! so in my old chopping (stomping) ground ahy? spending time in dear ole aotearoa, ka ora! Nothing I can think of, for bringing back. Look forward to that beer, on your return @Don Pearson , @webmaster Many thanks for your kind thoughts and support. I have been rather quiet of late on here, having been busy with other projects. I kept ...

Ok you can all stop replying to the blog that i put on this site a month ago or more. I'm sure there is more to talk about than this old blog. Don't know why it keeps appearing. Thanks John.

@Nelson thanks.

yes you are right. do not like larger, Cider is my drink . anyway it all ends up in the same place. Happy new year to you.

LOL?

Photo above of a high street devastated by floods every shop was flooded out and now doesnt it look great maybe we should take a leaf out of there book or get a little northern spirit it is Cockermouth High Street

Got told today by an employee

Yes, saw one train early this morning so I assume that Exeter line is now open but haven't seen anything on tele about it

Good turnout for the Boxing Day dash in Teignmouth.  RNLI ran out of registration forms so more people than normal/expected must have turned up to brave the sea which actually wasn't as cold as I thought it would be - a pleasant 11 deg or thereabouts, apparently warmer than the air temperature.  A few tots of sloe vodka afterwards worked a treat.

@Nelson will you be going or are you ok ?

Update on when the affordable homes will be available. June 2013 for the Bovis units (14 rent and 1 shared ownership) and October 2013 for the Cavanna units (2 rent and 13 shared ownership).

Dawlish Christian Spiritualist Church sends greetings to all, those we know and those we have yet to meet; to those who feel that a sense of purpose is missing from their lives, to encourage them to come and see what spirituality has to offer and be amazed how knowledge of the spirit within can change your attitude to life.  It is not 'A Religion' but a way of life which expands our ability to ...

Work will go on during Christmas to stabilise cliffs along the railway line between Dawlish and Teignmouth. Rail bosses confirmed it will be done when trains are not running along the vulnerable stretch of the line and services will not be affected Protective fencing, installed ten years ago has buckled under the weight of mud and rocks brought down after several days of heavy rain. It is the most ...

Brilliant! (I can't wait for that damn wall to go)

OK, I misunderstood the reference.

Eric Pickles may not have the most glamorous job in Westminster, but he has delivered an early Christmas present for civil liberties campaigners. The last Labour Government changed the law to give local authorities powers, originally intended for the Environment Agency to tackle serious fly-tipping, to go through people’s bins. Now the Secretary of State for Local Government has announced that no ...

We could cross our fingers but I doubt it. Wonder how between 2010/2011 they found the addresses of drivers to chase payment, or didnt they? if not that could have contributed to the £600.000 loss between 2008/2012

Yep totally agree, Dawlish is an amazing place to live.

@Andysport

The once popular Fun to shop at Green- grocers in Dawlish is hopefully to get it`s real Manager back soon! In just over a weeks time the current pretender is I believe seeking new pastures anew. We wish him well!  Lets all hope for a return to the excellent service that we were all used to warm and friendly, hip hip Hooray!

Bus service replacing trains at Dawlish. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-20724114

Thank  you Lynne for this useful posting.

and the winner is.................. A Discover Dawlish motif formed by two black swans forming a heart shape with their necks . Along with........... Dawlish - Discover the Difference. (check out the half page advert on page 6 of this week's Gazette)

Shame about the druggies. Hope the Queen St dealer gets put away for years.

Happy 12/12 /12 everyone a date you wont get to see again. John

http://www.dawlishnewspapers.co.uk/News.cfm?id=42918&headline=£25,000 haul of heroin

Pity they seem to think Dawlish is in Torbay.

Fire fighters from Dawlish and Teignmouth were called out deal with a to a 'suspicious' barn fire at Eastdon House, near Starcross, in the evening hours of Saturday. Upon arrival the fire crews found that a Dutch barn containing 10 large bales of straw and a large quantity of cardboard was well alight. The fire fighters used 2 hosereel jets and 1 jet to deal with the fire and removed the bales of ...

Composite Advantage LLC’s FiberSPAN™ fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) bridge deck was selected for Boston’s largest pedestrian and cyclist bridge project to date. Steel footbridge replaced with composite at UK railway station The railway station in the English seaside town of Dawlish has seen a corroded steel footbridge replaced with composite. This is the first composite bridge installed at a ...

@Philip Hi there. In a word, Yes, we do have a Town Crier. Havent seen him for a while though. He may be down by the bandstand tonight for the 'Big Switch On' of the Christmas lights.

Point taken, have kept the area surrounding fire free from polystyrene also walls & ceilings in these areas fire boarded, the straw we had thought we wouldn't be using it in close proximty to the fire. Nice to see you all like me that much you'd give me a sending off though :-(

thanks for the warning

ahhhh cute -tag a  pic :)

Just been given one of these (more being given out at the Christmas Market on Sunday) and very impressed with it I am too. It will be especially useful for those visiting the town. Well done all concerned with its production.

why not leave the spam alone and become vegetarian or just look at Dawlish.com daily anyway