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Is this the beach cafe situated by the viaduct on the sea side? (just looked on Eyes of Dawlish - seems it was the one further along at Coryton Cove - The Rock Pool Cafe - that was burnt to the ground).

As Clive has already said in his post (see above) a cost benefit analysis may have shown that the money would be more than recouped by the boost the cyclists will bring to the local economy. Also of course, cycling being a way of keeping fit and healthy, there could be a cost benefit to the NHS.

Yeah - I heard something along those lines from someone I know who is part of the 'orange army'. Wonder if it will delay the reopening of the line?

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3 Mar 2014

Aren't the bars and restaurants at Westminster subsidised?

2 Mar 2014

@stephen15 - thank you for the step by step guidance. have now found it. will post the link on separate thread. thank you once again.

1 Mar 2014

@stephen15 - can you send me a link please. all i can find is this http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmselect/cmtran/681/681.pdf

1 Mar 2014

FB - my thoughts, for what they are worth, on your post above. Oh dear what a half empty glass you have. There has been lots of discussion on this website and no doubt elsewhere as to the need to improve the sea defences. What happened last month has brought it home just how much the sea defences are needed and that they need improving. Perhaps you haven't read the postings on here or read ...

1 Mar 2014

Isn't Network Rail responsible for maintaining the wall? “Network Rail is a company limited by guarantee, and was established in March 2002. It is a private company with a board of directors, but does not have shareholders. It's members are drawn from the rail industry and the public. Its accountable to its customers and funded through a mixture of access revenue, paid to it by the train ...

I wonder how much the seats for the flights will cost, how much cheaper the discounted train fares will be and what restrictionsthere will be on such discounted tickets.? And just to point out that extra flights into Newquay from London or even discounted train tickets aren't much use if you live in the Exeter/South Devon area where the nearest airport is Exeter and where, as I write this, not ...

Supposing, just supposing, an alternative route was built inland. I wonder just how long it would remain an 'alternative'. After all, why spend goodness knows how many thousands or millions of pounds on keeping open the coastal route when there would be an 'alternative' not needing mega amounts of money spent on it in order to keep it open.

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