Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

Which is true - and why it's necessary to decide what the project is trying to do before trying to say how it will be done.

 

I suppose all I’m saying is, and it applies to this as well, you’re joining the dots ‘because x we need to do y’ which is still not a statement of fact so much as an argument to win.

ie it’s clear what your way forward is and why, but it’s not necessarily *the* way forward, which comes back to a need for everyone to be on the same page before anything is done.

the ‘dithering’ has allowed the luxury (on all sides frankly) of holding together a wider divergence of opinion IMO than is healthy or workable.

Are we trying to do WHR Devon? Are we trying to rebuild 1932? Do we just ‘have to get up and running’ and fill in the strategy gaps later? Is it something else?

FWIW I think it needs bringing to a head with a clear agreed vision that carries the majority (whether that’s railcars or 1932 or something else, but it is an agreed vision anyway) and then everyone will know where they personally stand, and where the project stands.

 

Absolutely.

It also might be worth considering "do we need, or is it realistic to reinstate the whole line?" (I know this will be heresy to some people).
Would a reasonable run of X miles be sufficient, bearing in mind volunteer numbers, finance available, storage, planning constraints etc?
As Tom mentioned earlier, it might be better to have a shorter line and do it really well, rather than try to reinstate the whole line and run out of volunteers/money so that it becomes a mish mash of ideas and nothing is ever quite finished.

 

Nonsense! The type of door handles on the loo doors is a much more important subject.