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@flo - no probs. whether axe robberies or the boys, it is increasingly hard to be surprised albeit nevertheless shocking particularly when in a holiday context.  transparency, daylight, sensitive advice to young children and publicity on forums/newspapers are all vital tools in prevention.  i remember being told as a boy never to get in a stranger's car, but not why or even that non-strangers are ...

14 Apr 2014

Was linking to the boy attack thread.  i.e. 2xholiday parks. i.e. the natural instinct is to steer away from anything negative to do with security howsoever the detail, particularly if paying customers.

11 Apr 2014

Yes, never a bad thing to learn about these things to be safer. It happens anywhere (e.g. Madeline McCann) I guess it just seems more poignant when then victims are on holiday, maybe having naturally dropped their guard.

11 Apr 2014

Another not great advert for tourists thinking about staying at a holiday park.

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

There may have been a cost benefit factored in to cover at least some of the cost, e.g. extra tourists encouraged to head along that way.

Well that's certainly 'painted the roses red'

17 Mar 2014

Also, taking good advantage of a 'free track possession' rather than an unnecessary one after opening.

Some extra detail from the new civil engineer which may be of interest - At the main breach, the track bed channel apparently will have a 2m high wall to the front and a 3m high retaining wall on the landward side .  The hole has now been backfilled with 5000m3 of mass concrete to a depth of 3m against a shutter of concrete vehicle barriers.  These have been tied together vertically and ...

27 Feb 2014

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26361280 Looking good - Nothing like commiting to loadsa loadsa concrete to solve the problem :)

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