bob sinkerson's Posts

Sorry to have missed you Foxy! I have been out exceptionally early lately and have missed a couple of days as I have had a couple of friends staying over from oxford and they insisted on playing golf everyday. And of course after a few liquid refreshments at the 19th, we were quite happy to retire to the comfort of my conservatory overlooking the sea and talking over old times and a little gentle ...

A little harsh there viaduct. I must admit I am guilty of sitting out on the terrace of a summers evening enjoying splendid views across the coast and quaffing a bottle from the cellar. A joy to behold. Also it seems that during my break away from Dawlish the forum seems to have descended into a carry on farce! Regards Bob

A big thank you to those that attended my reading on the lawn on Sunday. It was a lovely little gathering and I must admit I thoroughly enjoyed our get together. Maybe next year I will delve a little deeper in the cellar and fetch out one or two more bottles! Well it really is time to batten down ones hatches now as we are about to hit peak season (i wonder if they realise the beach is not as it ...

It beggars belief. A sensible question has been asked by Jim Oram and all replies have subsided into the mindless jibber jabber that blights this sight. I often wonder how many of the replies and threads on here actually originate from Dawlish as alot carry such irrelevance. So Mr Oram, thank goodness Mr Sinkerson has come to the rescue with a reply. It is a very sad story I bring you, I'm afraid. ...

They were all for my quick perusal onto the internet, as they also have large holdings on the stock market. Although, one of their "sleeping giants" is still waiting to wake up. A mining company by the name of Angus and Ross which they have talked me into chalking up a rather unhealthy financial outlay on. But I suppose at only 5 pence a share it's worth the risk. If they are right and it takes ...

Wondering, whereabouts is your property that is up for sale and who is it up with? I am always on the lookout to increase my portfolio with quality. Some real bargains will soon be available with the impending recession so I shouldn't hang around.

I am afraid that this is yet another example of this governments intent on destroying our once great country. It has placed greedy buffoons in charge of the whole royal mail/post office network and we are all left with the consequences. There is not one jot that Royal Mail or Postcomm for that matter has done to benefit the customer. It says that it had a duty to open up the Royal Mail to ...

I remember the days when i would wander under the railway bridge at the warren, and all you would see was a mass of rabbits heads popping their heads up and scuttling off down their holes. As a place of beauty and tranquility the warren couldn't be touched by many other coastal parts. Unfortunately it has been touched by incompetent and greedy planners who have seen fit to allow tacky buildings to ...

a very good friend of mine often comes down to dawlish to visit me and stays for a few days. she is black and has never comented on encountering any racism towards her. also a couple of gentlemen i am good friends with run a b&b together and they also have never expressed any discrimination towards them. obviously we will get a few bigots posting on this forum, but as everyone who knows me, i am ...

I once perused the car boot sale in the warren and found an absolute gem amongst all the clutter. I sold it myself to an antique dealer for a very nice sum of money and have invested the proceeds along with a bit more in a penny share mining company called Angus and Ross which I hope will make me an even bigger fortune. I have always found the saying oak trees from acorns has served me well.

I command your opinions FLUKE. You have, with one solid blow, hit all nails on the head. Now lets wait for the silly people to get out of bed and knock your comments!

You learn something everyday viaduct! That's a very interesting point you have raised. I assume this is a ruling going back many years when spare land was plentiful? I seem to remember many years ago there being allotments on the bit of ground that now houses the new holiday homes underneath the mount pleasant. I have a picture somewhere. I know that in many parts of the country there are now ...

you would have to expect cracks in newish plaster anyway. but i have to say that this little development has done absolutely nothing to enhance the area at all. the warren should be a little gem when you look at what any developers are able to work with. ie a beautiful coastline with sand (when exmouth haven't borrowed it), a beautiful nature reserve, unique golf course, coastline railway. I ...

Fair enough sir. I will bring this posting back up in a years time and hope with all my heart that I have egg on my face. We will see then whether there has been any reports of the unsavoury behaviour I have mentioned taking place. If there is then I hope the people that have voted it in will assist in its demolition. Fairs fair.

i thought it was tescos that wanted sandy lane? sainsburys always had their eyes firmly on shutterton

i think they have been drinking the estuary water again. still, assuming they have gone then good riddance to the village idiot.

the weather has been quite remarkable. after it settled down i had a lovely walk from dawlish to the warren, stopping for a stiff whiskey at the mount. then on return to my dawlish abode after working up quite an appetite, i had a devine piece of fillet steak, field mushrooms, sauted garlic infused potatoes, a small leaf salad, washed down with an exquisite fine red. i then sat in the conservatory ...

Just a little trivia if anyone is interested. The famous rock group Simple Minds once played a concert at the Dawlish Grand Hotel. I have just had a look at some of my memorablia and it was the Life in a Day Tour, 11 April, 1979. A close friend was involved with the hotel, and although not quite my taste, it was a memorable event in more ways than one. I wonder if anyone else has any recollections ...

frannie, is it not possible that you and your young family could grow with the town. if dawlish becomes a more affluent town with more upmarket shops and businesses, then if those new employers are worth half their salt they will thrive by looking after their employees. this town will offer your children absolutely nothing by continually encouraging cheap tatty pound a shot pubs, betting shops and ...

We could all turn our lights off for an hour this evening, we could then spend all day tomorrow cutting down every tree in this country, everyone could drive a 4x4 24 hours a day and we could all burn coal fires 24 hours a day, for the next twenty years. And it would make not a jot of difference to this planets environmental predicament. The damage is being done and has been done on a majorly ...

the dawlish bandstand seems to attract alot of people of your age late in the evening. may be worth a browse under the cover of darkness

the duck population may be a little lower at the moment, but there are plenty of good farm shops not too far away, if like me you are partial to the odd duck on ones plate. particularly pleasant with the spring greens which can also be found in abundance. i think you would be far better buying these ones, as the ones from the stream peck on all sorts of rubbish.

could the evidence be used in a court of law one wonders. i wonder if the council would dare install a live web cam focusing on the dawlish bandstand? it would pick up some very unsavoury behaviour of a late evening.

good show old chap. 33/1

I have to agree on this point. Whilst walking back from a game of bridge at a very good friends house recently (approximately 11pm), I passed the offending bandstand and saw some very unsavoury characters loitering there with intent. I am sure that if more funds were put into policing in our town then we could drive this kind of shenanagins deeper underground where it belongs. The same villains ...

I must say I was quite disgusted today at a conversation I overheard in one of these shops. I entered the premises to acquire a price for a couple of good tips i have been given for the forthcoming cheltenham meeting, and one young chap said to the other one "i aint touching any job for under 50 quid a day unless its cash in hand, so i can still sign on". If these shops are going to encourage this ...

my dear olive, i was merely using chelsea/kensington as an example of places people may like to live but could not afford to live. Please be aware I certainly have not the slightest intention of leaving my beloved Dawlish, and in fact am making it my mission to purchase as many properties as possible in the area so as to keep a close eye on who is living in my proximity. Rather than you troubling ...