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lynbarn liked hhs5's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Thank god there were enough people that were smart enough to realize that the third objective at the EGM was a blatant power grab that would take a sledgehammer to the railroad’s future for the next 10-20 years. It shouldn’t have even been a...
May 2, 2024 at 9:45 PM -
lynbarn liked Michael B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I think they have a common objective, but the impression given (and I am a member of both) is that those running the Trust regard the railway as theirs. That has lead to actions to make sure they control things, and there have been examples...
May 2, 2024 at 7:22 PM -
lynbarn liked Meatman's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Many years ago the L&BR Trust under the existing chairman along with a few other long standing trustee's insisted that Exmoor Associates stay south of Blackmoor Gate, that then moved down to Wistlandpound because the TRUST were working on the big...
May 2, 2024 at 7:21 PM -
lynbarn liked 21B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
@flying scotsman123 I agree with much of what you say. There are two impediments to progress. The lack of a joined up strategy, and the failure to find a way to collaborate effectively across the many organisations which sadly appears to be about...
May 2, 2024 at 7:20 PM -
lynbarn liked flying scotsman123's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Again that feels a little like the wrong way round, given the current issues are not primarily a lack of finance in the first instance, but more a challenge of what is actually feasible. I'd observe that significant sums of money have been raised...
May 2, 2024 at 7:19 PM -
lynbarn replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
21B said there is a gap in Fundraising I can't agree more I am not sure that the whole subject of fund riaising has been taken seriously enough there have been people out there which have been willing to help out on this, the big issues I have...
May 1, 2024 at 9:38 PM -
lynbarn liked 21B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I think the point is that the dream is very much alive, but the reality is falling a bit short at the moment. The inability to capitalise on the the planning permission the railway had achieved leaves a huge gap in the progress. Getting to...
May 1, 2024 at 9:25 PM -
lynbarn replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
My understanding is that part of the trackbed toward Barnstaple has now been built on, so unless any trackbed owner between Snapper and Barnstaple is willing to sell their trackbed, I think we need to accept that this part of the line will never...
May 1, 2024 at 5:58 PM -
lynbarn liked ghost's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Is there a physical reason why it couldn't happen? (Apart from finance/ownership issues)
May 1, 2024 at 5:55 PM -
lynbarn replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
If we want to see the railway back in Barnstaple then we are are going to need to think outside of the box on that one
Apr 29, 2024 at 9:36 PM -
lynbarn liked Meatman's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I'm pretty sure that in the original planning that was presented to us all in a marquee in the ENPA car park at Blackmoor Gate (around 2014-15) it showed that a new station / restaurant ect was to be built in that car park and the line would have...
Apr 29, 2024 at 9:19 PM -
lynbarn liked Old Kent Biker's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Wasn't that about the time of Hole Ground as a potential starting place? Then Woody Bay presented itself as an opportunity, decisions were made, money was found, and the rest, as they say, is history...
Apr 29, 2024 at 9:16 PM -
lynbarn replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Many years ago when there was just the L&BR Association I recall that OSHI was offered to the Association of £500,000 pounds, but at that time we just didn't have the money or Woody Bay either. in fact I don't think we had a plan to do anything.
Apr 28, 2024 at 2:52 PM -
lynbarn liked Meatman's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Although I'm guessing they don't have to, you would think it would be of great benefit to the Trust to give a clear and concise layout of the accounts, showing where practicable the money is spent or moved to so that we can all plainly see what...
Apr 28, 2024 at 2:47 PM -
lynbarn liked 35B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Auditors owe their duty to directors, not shareholders. They also assess whether the accounts are "true and fair", not whether they are accurate in all regards, and are reliant on the directors providing all relevant information. The principle...
Apr 27, 2024 at 8:56 PM
