Margaret Swift
@wondering , If I use the number 11 bus between Dawlish and Torquay it costs me £7.50. The equivalent ticket in North Devon is £4.50.
Come on Leatash, ok that covers the summer but what about the rest of the year? Dawlish needs to reinvent itself as a year round resort whilst maintaining it's character, something that was lost in Dawlish Warren in 2001 when the Council of the time took away the individual shops and replaced them with the modern looking monstrosity we still live with to this day! Don't get me wrong, the awful ...
I agree Lynne! Just thought it might be a solution but clearly not. I think the Council need to put a hell of a lot more pressure on Stagecoach to reduce bus fare prices in South Devon. Hubby and I go over to the North Devon Coast a lot to cycle the Tarka Trail and I noticed that the all day ticket in North Devon is £4.50 and the equivalent ticket in South Devon is £7.50! And I bet the same ...
I agree Lynne, the bus fair to Teignmouth is eye - wateringly steep and not easily affordable for many people. The train is about half the price and if you buy the Devon and Cornwall card, only available to residents, you get a third off all train fares in Devon and Cornwall. I use the train a lot, I rarely use my car if I am going to Teignmouth, Exeter or Newton Abbot, so the card at £10 for the ...
Actually, I know Minehead well and the vast majority of the shops are no larger than the shops to be found in Dawlish. Lynne makes a good point about the geography and she is right in that people have to travel @ 12 to 15 miles into Taunton and similar to Bridgewater. What is interesting thorough is the growth in tourism as Minehead is not an easy place to travel to. Minehead is not on any train ...
I find FredBassett's post really interesting as 15 years ago I moved to Somerset to take up a new position. I lived about 12 miles from Minehead and at that time it was a one horse town with very little going for it. The main visitors were those staying at Butlins. By the time I moved from Somerset to Dawlish, eight years ago, Minehead had started to regenerate itself and from FredBassett's ...
What on earth has having events on the lawn got to do with the bank closing? Focus on the bank and let's do all we can to try and save it!
An interesting bit of evidence is that Dawlish branch is 11th in the league of all NW branches (excluding London for obvious reasons) for banking money. So NW can't claim they are closing the branch because it isn't well used! This should form the basis of a strong challenge from the Council.
How do you know that was a threat Mrs C, it could have been a promise!
Oh Dear, I really have rattled your cage! I have no doubts about the value to the regeneration of the Strand just the less than scientific way in which views were collected and analysed and think that this time round we have to be far more sophisticated in how we approach consultation. We were elected to listen to the people of Dawlish and represent their views, not simply implement the whims of ...
