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Biermeister liked Breva's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
I like the choice of brick - the colour is random. It would look like a new house in a housing estate if all the bricks were the same.
Jun 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM -
Biermeister liked Mark Thompson's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
Just returned from a couple of pints at the George. Snapped this on the way in, with the entrance canopy formwork now almost complete: [ATTACH]
Jun 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Biermeister liked 21B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
There is only one answer - the length that provides the best balance between the numbers that can be attracted to it and the cost to maintain and operate. Longer does not equate necessarily to better, but shorter might not attract sufficient...
Jun 6, 2025 at 8:14 AM -
Biermeister liked 35B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Wise leaders will take a range of opinions into consideration, of which those on here will only be part. Let's see what the consultation brings, and how the Trust respond to it. I'm personally content that the question is quite narrow, because...
Jun 6, 2025 at 8:11 AM -
Biermeister liked 35B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I agree, but if I were staying in the area, I might well combine Woody Bay with either Lynton & Lynmouth, or one of the nearby-ish NT properties (yes, I am a member...), whether Heddon Mouth or a little further away Arlington Court. And if the...
Jun 6, 2025 at 8:09 AM -
Biermeister liked 35B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Also fair - though the "free" garden centre can often be a good half way house. How does (did?) the Sheffield Park option combine at the Bluebell? For NT members, there is a range of options locally that would combine well, at little extra cost.
Jun 6, 2025 at 8:07 AM -
Biermeister liked 35B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Very likely true, but that is a function of people and how they have chosen to operate, not organisations. EA/YVT are doing nothing that L&BRT couldn't have done; the decisions and choices are about how each have set their priorities.
Jun 6, 2025 at 8:06 AM -
Biermeister liked RailWest's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Exactly one of the key 'selling points' in the original Phase 2A application, namely that BR would become a P&R for train + coach to Lynton, with the OSI being an ideal 'refreshment stop' for them on the way home. But the Trust tried that and...
Jun 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM -
Biermeister liked 21B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I think that the gap is wider (or ought to be) between the LBBC and LBRT. The overlap between LBRT and CIC is understandable and largely desirable. The overlap with 762??? Once more it strikes me strongly that there are too many organisations and...
Jun 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM -
Biermeister liked 35B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I agree, but in an organisation like the L&B, the two categories are not completely distinct - hence the challenge
Jun 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM -
Biermeister liked Isambard!'s post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
That would depend on the nature of parent & subsidiary businesses. In this case the directors of LBBC as a PLC owe a duty to all shareholders, in the Trust the trustees are (or should be) directed by the governing document. The potential for...
Jun 5, 2025 at 8:57 AM -
Biermeister liked 35B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I saw those projections as part of the prospectus, shortly before the purchase but after the 2018 planning had lapsed. Reading it raised a number of significant concerns even before I got to the numbers themselves, concerns which meant that I...
Jun 5, 2025 at 8:47 AM -
Biermeister liked 35B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
l should have been clearer; by project, I referred to the attempt to purchase rather than the wider L&B reinstatement. A better analogy might have been to someone attending an auction, and setting a hard ceiling on what they would pay. We are...
Jun 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM -
Biermeister liked Miff's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Yeo Valley Trust’ve started their own lottery as a small fundraising initiative to help maintain properties owned by themselves & Exmoor Associates. 12 quids a year, and you might win ….. https://yvt.org.uk/200club/
Jun 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM -
Biermeister liked 62440's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
To be fair, I doubt OSHI will really come into its own until the railway has a presence there. Maybe something to factor in to thoughts on the way forward?
Jun 5, 2025 at 8:27 AM
