General Discussion
How tedious and empty ones life must be if one deliberately seeks out double yellow lines that one deems to be incorrectly marked, and then deliberately parks on them purely and simple in order to get ones self into the newspapers. Anyway, related to what has been posted about leaving notes under the wipers of selfish/illegally parked cars, whilst walking along the Dawlish Warren to Dawlish ...
Thank you for your contribution User 4549. As incisive as usual.
I have some clear plastic envelopes that look like those that are using to put parking tickets into. Inconsiderate/illegally parked drivers recive one of hese underneath their windscreen wiper with a piece of paper inside it. "This is your lucky day. Next time you selfishly park like this, it could be a real parking ticket. Have a nice day." Don't know if it works (it certainly wouldn't make a ...
Why is the sand not red? Good question Don. From memory, it's because the sand at the Warren is acidic, which is very rare for UK spits. As you probably know, most sand spits are derived from shell/coral materials. Apparently, the Warren spit is only 7000 years old and therefore much younger than the nearby cliffs (which are effectively fossilised sand dunes in their own right!).
I really hope that this application is accepted, we really need our dunes back. From the BBC website: Sand could be brought in from the Isle of Wight to replenish stocks at a Devon beach. Dawlish Warren has lost tonnes of sand during storms, with the beach level reducing by 1m (3ft). The council is now bidding for a £3m project by the Environment Agency (EA) to bring the sand back. The funding ...
Not off-topic in the slightest. Thanks for the reply.
Does the pavement fall within the legal definition of a "public highway"? I thought that the term referred to roads, not pavements.
Thanks for your cogent response Don.
The Daily Mail eh? Big Brother Watch eh? As for car number plates. I've found out that if I step outside of my front door with a pen and paper, I can write down car number plates!!!! Write them down I tells you!!!! And find out where the owners live!!!!!!!!! Then eat their children!!!!!!! (Sensationalist exclamation marks deliberate)... Get a grip man.
Cheers. Still means nothing to me though.
