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Dilemma, what would you do?
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Rambling | Report | 22 Feb 2016 13:04 |
Here's a little true story, I've made it brief as possible but have to set something of the scene first. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 22 Feb 2016 13:25 |
Personally, I don't 'believe' in the concept of Global Warming - I think the climate comes and goes in waves - but DO believe we should stop trashing the planet. |
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BrendafromWales | Report | 22 Feb 2016 13:36 |
Rose, |
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Rambling | Report | 22 Feb 2016 13:42 |
Maggie, the lower part of the village ( which is most of it!) is under attack from front and back as you can see from the picture, when the storms whip up the sea the rain also raises the river level behind. It was the sea front that took the brunt last year, the waves came over, but I heard some of the damage was caused more by the rocks and concrete being slammed over with it. The last time it flooded 'properly' was about a 100 years ago, before the sea wall was raised. |
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Rambling | Report | 22 Feb 2016 13:48 |
Brenda as you may remember I moved from there 2008, the people who bought from me are not able to sell ( at the price that would cover all the costs that they had extending the bungalow anyway) so are 'stuck', as are many of the homeowners. |
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Guinevere | Report | 22 Feb 2016 14:32 |
I think we have to let it go back to the sea - just like we are letting most of the east coast of Norfolk and Suffolk go. Nature will win the end. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 22 Feb 2016 16:07 |
A 'managed move' always confuses me. Would 'someone' build and give home owners a new comparable dwelling or would the home owners have to pay for it? Compulsary purchase would only be for the current value. Even taking a down-turn in property prices into consideration, the value wouldn't be anywhere close to pre 'abandonment'. |
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BrendafromWales | Report | 22 Feb 2016 16:20 |
Rose ,I remember you moving....gosh ,was it 2008...how time flies. |
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Rambling | Report | 22 Feb 2016 16:28 |
It's a tricky one, I think probably what will be part of the plan ( or as I would think it would go anyway) is that the first people to go would be the current tenants who have their rent paid or partly paid will be rehoused by the council as and when council housing comes available. |
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LindainHerriotCountry | Report | 22 Feb 2016 16:40 |
I have been to the Indian restaurant there when I visited Tec, who lives not too far away. The village looked very run down. I would let it go personally |
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Rambling | Report | 22 Feb 2016 16:41 |
Brenda, I remember the beach in Barmouth from holidays when I was a child, the 'middle' is quite different now with sand dunes where once it was flat. The estuary still has the really deep channel under the Barmouth end of the rail bridge, as you say treacherous currents if anyone falls in. |
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Rambling | Report | 22 Feb 2016 16:46 |
Linda yes, that is kind of my feeling also. It is as I said 'not what it was' either from when we moved there in 1992 or when we used to go to Barmouth for holidays and pop over to go on the miniature railway. One of the things I have to disagree with is the suggestion to build the sea wall even higher and drop more stones there, it is already hard to scramble down to the beach unless you drive to the slip way at one end, or right down to the point. If there is no easy access to the beach tourists will go elsewhere I think and that is where the money comes from. |
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Lyndi | Report | 22 Feb 2016 16:52 |
I agree with those who say let it go. I am in Norfolk and have seen large areas of beach disappear since I moved here. |
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Andrew | Report | 22 Feb 2016 17:01 |
It will only take one storm to settle the issue. The way the weather has been in recent winters probably means sooner rather than later and any money spent will only put of the inevitable by a short time. I saw the damage done on the North Norfolk coast after one storm a few years back. The damage was enormous, no defence would have worked. |
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BrendafromWales | Report | 22 Feb 2016 19:30 |
Rose, |
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Rambling | Report | 23 Feb 2016 00:42 |
Brenda we would often walk up that end of the prom during holidays, to take a look at the 'babbling brook' as we called it, then back along the beach looking in the pools by the breakwaters. Happy days. :-) |
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