H Cloutt's Recent Activity
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H Cloutt liked Lineisclear's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I very much agree! I've advocated a change in the charitable objectives so they are more in harmony with members' expectations but there's little point unless you have a realistic financial plan that gives you the opportunity to achieve them....
May 1, 2024 at 9:25 PM -
H Cloutt liked pmh_74's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Success breeds success. The L&B 'vision' as I see it is a good one and captures the imagination, and in that sense it's similar to the GCR re-unification. However, I don't think the GCR could have raised the millions it needs in the 1980s...
May 1, 2024 at 1:36 PM -
H Cloutt replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.
I wonder whether the confusion arises because the part of the RVR at Robertsbridge is know as RVR West and the part by Junction Road is RVR East. However the flood defences and new fencing are definitely East of North Bridge Street/The Clappers.
May 1, 2024 at 9:44 AM -
H Cloutt liked 21B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I’m not really sure that the board has made a decision not to extend. If it had done so after due consideration and consultation there are many who, whilst being disappointed, would have accepted such a logic. The issue that @ikcdab rightly...
May 1, 2024 at 9:28 AM -
H Cloutt liked DaveE's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
The cable car idea is in addition and beyond the railway and addresses what many didn't like about the railway when it first ran and the distance between the station and the town itself and the associated steep hill. I think most of the original...
May 1, 2024 at 9:28 AM -
H Cloutt liked Meatman's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Also possibly the biggest missed opportunity as a starting point, but dithering and council politics sadly put paid to that
Apr 28, 2024 at 10:30 PM -
H Cloutt replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Where is 'Hole Ground'? Sorry I am relatively new.
Apr 28, 2024 at 10:30 PM -
H Cloutt liked lynbarn's post in 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 3:55 PM -
H Cloutt 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 28, 2024 at 3:55 PM -
H Cloutt liked Flying Phil's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Whilst it is obviously very concerning that the accounts are difficult to follow, I suspect the reality is not a deliberate policy of obscurity - rather that a relatively small organisation had the opportunity to buy a crucial part of their...
Apr 28, 2024 at 3:02 PM -
H Cloutt replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.
Further blog post HERE - this is an extract from 'Pheonix' Issue 107 - although I think that the author has muddled up East and West in some of the comments. Sorry post on the blog appears to have been removed because the Link no longer works.
Apr 27, 2024 at 7:04 AM -
H Cloutt replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I understand that there is an addendum to his statement which has been posted to facebook which I don't use.
Apr 26, 2024 at 2:06 PM -
H Cloutt liked Greenway's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Well maybe he doesn't like 'the tell all' culture of today. Maybe he prefers, like any good card player. to keep his cards - and options - close to his chest. ;)
Apr 26, 2024 at 2:04 PM -
H Cloutt liked Chris86's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
I suspect that is likely, I just *hope* they aren't going to be disruptive when the line reopens and will be grown up about it all.
Apr 26, 2024 at 5:59 AM -
H Cloutt replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.
They don't understand how level crossings are installed currently. When planning was first being sought - many social media posts actually though that the A21 crossing would be manually operated gates!
Apr 25, 2024 at 5:56 PM
