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Old Kent Biker 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 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM -
Old Kent Biker 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 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM -
Old Kent Biker liked mgp's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
... apart from K.C, M.W and R.P THERE WAS NO SUPPORT OR REPRESENTATION by any other trustees or directors on site over that weekend supporting Chelfham or promoting their beloved Woody Bay. Andy I saw at least one other Trustee / Director at...
Jun 1, 2025 at 11:24 AM -
Old Kent Biker attached a file to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Firstly, I am NO CAD or computer image editing expert, as can be seen from the attachment (ignore the kink in the blue access road!), but maybe 25-30 years ago, I had a concept of what could be done at Blackmoor, avoiding any issues with planning...
May 31, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Old Kent Biker liked Breva's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Yes, thank you @Miff ! At last, a positive view. Mind you, the pessimist is never disappointed :) In answer to thoughts about the original station, there is no intention to demolish the pub at all. The original building is still there, but it...
May 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Old Kent Biker liked Miff's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I don't think anyone's criticised the pub, nor the staff or manager, nor expressed any hope of failure. Just genuine worries about the L&B Trust's wisdom in the way they bought it, resulting in a worryingly high level of debt repayments and the...
May 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM -
Old Kent Biker replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
As far as I can tell, apart from some of the platform, none of the public areas of the pub actually form part of the station building. What is left has been changed considerably, and would need major reconstruction to make it into a station...
May 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM -
Old Kent Biker liked 35B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Very possibly. But the questions are really about how they negotiated that increase in price, and then how they implemented it - seemingly without regard to the restrictions on charities trading, and committing the Trust (a charity) to...
May 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM -
Old Kent Biker liked bantamd14's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
To be fair, probably not all of the 2800 members were odd, admittedly most were, but not all.
May 30, 2025 at 11:49 AM -
Old Kent Biker replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
20 years ago, when I was part of the membership team, I recall we had 2800-odd members, so most definitely a decline since then. Bear in mind that the slides for the AGM were prepared in advance, so despite what they may say, they are not the...
May 30, 2025 at 8:43 AM -
Old Kent Biker liked ross's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
You are, of course, correct. And if a business follows the principle you describe, then it could be a sound proposal. However, if one significantly overpays for an asset such that the asset is then not capable of paying a dividend, or if the...
May 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM -
Old Kent Biker liked Small Prairie's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
This is the problem with people having half the story It was also explained that this figure needs to be looked at because of members passing on and joint membership not getting renewed because of one members passing etc and family memberships...
May 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM -
Old Kent Biker liked Pete Thornhill's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Quite possibly. I was talking about this particular thread, rather than on the ground though. My observation is that sometimes there is too much overthinking about things that in the grand scheme of things are actually quite simple, or way...
May 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM -
Old Kent Biker liked Meatman's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I stand corrected,it does say in the slides released on the website that the recording will not be made public however judging by the membership figure quoted in the 'about us' section of the website and that posted in the 'slides' it would seem...
May 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM -
Old Kent Biker liked Meatman's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
It was asked at the AGM if anyone had an objection to the meeting being recorded and the impression given that an audio version would be released,we will wait and see
May 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
