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  1. Mark Thompson 支持 Miff 在 Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development 内发表的帖子.

    All good stuff @pmh_74 I agree 100% I would also say do this hand in hand with B&YV Trust’s new strategy of rebuilding the track (but not operating trains, other than perhaps occasional open days) on the sections they own. This will prove the...

    2026-06-22 , 23:27

  2. Mark Thompson 支持 pmh_74 在 Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development 内发表的帖子.

    Given that (a) the ENPA previously gave permission to rebuild the L&B through said landowner's land (if they could buy it), and (b) the current thinking seems to be to ignore that bit and stick to the bit they own, which doesn't affect said...

    2026-06-22 , 17:18

  3. Mark Thompson 支持 Olde576 在 Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development 内发表的帖子.

    I say this with more about how the L&B didn’t exactly suit itself well with locals the first go around: be it by a lack of proximity as was the case with Woody Bay or Lynton’s stations to the towns and villages they were supposed to serve, or...

    2026-06-21 , 20:04

  4. Mark Thompson 回复主题: Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    Time can be, and is, a great changer. And with the L&BRly we're talking in increments of a century. What I'm trying to say is that just because something is how it is now, it will not remain so indefinitely. But sometimes, one does need infinite...

    2026-06-21 , 14:28

  5. Mark Thompson 支持 Olde576 在 Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development 内发表的帖子.

    I agree, at least in the sense that this doesn't need to be an "Us versus them" sort of situation. The important thing is that the land is the L&B owns the land into Parracombe, and can be a good presence within the community if/when trains get...

    2026-06-21 , 13:53

  6. Mark Thompson 回复主题: Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    https://www.exmoor-associates.co.uk/contact/ New members ALWAYS welcome!

    2026-06-18 , 17:59

  7. Mark Thompson 支持 Old Kent Biker 在 Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development 内发表的帖子.

    It was, I believe, WS Churchill who said: "Democracy is the worst form of Government, except for all those other forms that have been tried."

    2026-06-18 , 17:37

  8. Mark Thompson 支持 Snail368 在 Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development 内发表的帖子.

    That is democracy however. I think it is a good thing overall.

    2026-06-18 , 17:37

  9. Mark Thompson 支持 Breva 在 Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development 内发表的帖子.

    All shareholders of EA voted to pass on the land assets to the B&YVRT, of which we are now members.

    2026-06-18 , 17:37

  10. Mark Thompson 支持 Jamessquared 在 Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development 内发表的帖子.

    Yes, and it also undertakes not to enrich Devon scones to greater than 3.8% jam on top for civilian use only, while in exchange the L&BRT will unlock billions in frozen assets and create a $300bn rebuilding fund, (Sorry - couldn’t resist!)...

    2026-06-17
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