West Shore Issues

[Merddin Emrys]

Lets have a new statue, 3 times the size so it can be seen, encased in a solid block of resin to protect it  WWW

[Yorkie]

I still can't see the point of putting the statue in the lake, when the lake  is drained vandals can still get to it!

And when it is not drained the yobs will be throwing rocks at it!     

[mull]

All very sad.
Placing a statue, fountain or both in the BOATING lake will not be the answer to years of neglect at West Shore.
The place is a disgace for THE premier resort on the North Wales coast.
I am sure Eastbourne,  Bournemouth or other south coast resorts would not have allowed part of thier town to go downhill in this way.
Come on Llandudno get your act together.
It saddens me to see things going downhill like this.

[Fester]

Two observations fro me..

Firstly, its not actually a BOATING lake is it?  In my day a boating lake was a very large expanse of water, (such as Peasholm Park in Scarborough) where you could row boats, or paddle canoes.  This is just a shallow area for model boats.

Secondly, I was at West Shore tonight, and the 'boating' lake is so badly silted up that the swans have a large beach if they want to use it.
In fact the walkway along the sea wall is so badly covered with colossal drifts of sand that the steps are all hidden, and it is nigh on impassable in parts.

Its going to cost a lot of money and time to clear all that!

[DaveR]

Its going to cost a lot of money and time to clear all that!

Cllr Mike Priestley has offered to pose with a shovel on the sand, if that's any use?

[Hugo]

Its going to cost a lot of money and time to clear all that!

Cllr Mike Priestley has offered to pose with a shovel on the sand, if that's any use?

It'll need more than a shovel for this lot Dave, the sand is about as high as I've ever seen it and there are the Winter Storms ahead. The sand now is even above the wall by the pavement and as for the shrubs they planted some time ago, well they are under there somewhere but they are dead now.

[Nemesis]

Lovely pic of Marco Hugo. Most dogs seem to climb up to the top-- bit like children!

[hollins]

I have bought the book recently Llandudno Queen of the Welsh Resorts after reading about it on this forum. There were a couple of newspaper cuttings inside it. Here is one of them which maybe of interest.

[wrex]

  ;DLook behind the statue ,you can see how low theturf used to be,know of course its higher than the wall.

[DaveR]

  ;DLook behind the statue ,you can see how low theturf used to be,know of course its higher than the wall.

To be fair, wasn't it raised when they built the underground pumping station? There are many manhole covers set into the grass around there, if the levels had risen, then they would surely be covered?

[wrex]

Well the grass is level with the slabs around the statue so we can go by that.Of course the sand never came over there until they put all the groins and rocks there and to be fair the sea does not come over but the sand does.

[Llechwedd]

Your right Fester it's not a boating lake it's a yacht pond.  It was always called that when we were kids and we used to take a model yacht down there as did many others.

Some idiot has built up the beach and covered all the steps so the sea is much higher now than it was.  If it was put back the way it was the sea would be lower and perhaps not so much sand would blow over.

[Yorkie]

Some idiot has built up the beach and covered all the steps so the sea is much higher now than it was.  If it was put back the way it was the sea would be lower and perhaps not so much sand would blow over.

I always thought th height of the sea was controlled by the tides and the phases of the moon, not the amount of sand!   

[Llechwedd]

Well think about it.  If the sea is having to travel over higher land i.e. beach then naturally everything is going to be blown over the walls.  If the beach were lowered to its original height and the steps exposed it might, just might help.

[majormellons]

Well think about it.  If the sea is having to travel over higher land i.e. beach then naturally everything is going to be blown over the walls.  If the beach were lowered to its original height and the steps exposed it might, just might help.

Er....no.
The Sea Level would remain the same hight, no matter what was done to the beach.