Beach Ices at Praa Sands
Ice meeting the sand at the base of the low cliff behind Praa Sands Beach, West Cornwall. 6th January 2009....
Icicles at Trewellard Bottoms
Water seeping through a wall is turned to icicles, ate Trewellard Bottoms, where Geevor Mine meets the sea....
Winter Sunset at Levant
A late afternoon scene, at Levant Mine, West Cornwall. 7th January 2009....
Winter at Levant
The old electricity generator building, at Levant Mine, West Cornwall, during the recent cold snap. 7th Jnauary 2009....
Well there is a danger that if you dont know the area that well your impressions are formed as you travel through parts and see a distorted view presented in the media by certain interested parties!
It's more likely that those at CPRURC are working to a project template that they've used in many other places like their gateway projects (e.g. Thames Gateway Project, Birmingham Gateway Project etc), parkland projects, public realm developments etc. These urban regeneration companies are stocked with carpet bagging urban regeneration managers using the same templates and jargon whether they're working in Sunderland, East London or Cornwall. They come with their big ideas already fixed! The idea of turning brownfield land, which should be used for local need housing into parkland when we already have acres of land for leisure purposes is utter tosh. If that brownfield land is turned into parkland what's going to happen when more housing is needed and there's only greenfield land left?
I don't see it (when I go to that area), I can't see why there is a big urgent need to improve the CPR region, other that a superior attitude of you poor stupid Cornish, we must help you improve yourselves, in modern day war the natives become victims, the warriors become nannies... There are many ways to die...
An aside, but linked to what I wrote in the quote directly above - why not improve the parks we already have, most of which are just grassy fields with a couple of soccer posts and maybe a few swings, roundabouts or climbing frames for kids. Rarely do you see anyone in them apart from people using it as a canine toilet facility, a few parents and their children on the way to or from school, kids occasionally having a kick around or teenagers at night doing what teenagers do. Go to any European town or city and you have wonderful parks full of plants, trees and other interesting things that attract all ages either to sit in them or to walk through them. Let's do something about the Cornish parks we already have instead of spending hundreds of thousands of pounds on creating another, let's face it, big boring field which is only going to be used by a minority of people who could just as well use one of the so called parks we already have.
If they are going to try and attract more people to this proposed Pool parkland, the one main form of transport that will be used my most people living outside of Pool to drive to it will be the car (no matter how much public transport is made available) and I thought the idea was to get people out of using cars, as I think as been said by others in the forum.
I just had to respond to comments made about the lack of investigative journalism into the SWRDA and councils because it really infuriates me!
I sincerely hope this does not sound like an advert because it isn't.
I work for the St Austell Voice and we have busted our guts to find out as much as possible about the SWRDA AND our local council, Restormel.
This has resulted in innumerable revelations about the £40m town centre regeneration, councillors' conduct and property deals. Now four internal inquiries are being held by The Standards Board, RBC, Imerys and The Liberal Democrats.
Luckily, we are determined to find real news like this. But it is difficult, so we need help from the public.
Incidentally, it would change if people bought papers for the stories rather than 'bouncing baby' competitions and the like!
Well said! However, when the West Briton, Cornishman and the like contain very little other than bouncing baby/dog with a bandaged paw/giant marrow/new infant classes/golden wedding-type news stories, it's difficult to buy papers for anything else!
I see that Kerrier have approved the plans for Pool - which covers the area the RDA want. Three things spring to mind - why do Kerrier just back all of this? Why is it being passed when the local plan is not yet finished and all the talk of consultation misses the point - all weve got is what the first lot of consultants suggested! I dont remember being given much of a choice! All this consultation talk is one big sham!
Rise in county's road death toll
The number of people who have died on Cornwall's roads rises in the last year to 35, police say.
Film con man ordered to pay £100K
The man who swindled almost £2m in a film studio scam is ordered to forfeit £100,000 by a judge.
Triplets survive against the odds
A woman from Cornwall who gave birth to triplets 14 weeks early describes their survival as a "miracle".
Call for inquiry into fire centre
Fire chiefs demand a public inquiry into the delayed opening of the regional fire control centre.
Prison sentence for benefit cheat
A man who admitted swindling more than £51,000 in benefits over a six-year period is jailed for 18 months.
Divers face trial over shipwreck
Three Cornish divers accused of plundering a shipwreck off the coast of Spain are to be tried in a Spanish court.
‘NO’ TO NUCLEAR WASTE IN CORNWALL - MPs
Proposals to bring nuclear waste to Cornwall have been described as ‘absurd and irresponsible’ by Cornish MPs.
Route Partnership Plan for Penzance unnecessary
Their plan having been rejected by the public in the final exhibition in Septmber with 90% against the Route Partnership have decided to try again in mid January after a mailout and poster campaign.The Chamber of Commerce has been at the forefront of this campaign.
