I told you it wasent perfect. But the situation as it is is not perfect either. And I dont see how the different aims of the cyclists and the walkers can be recconciled.
Cyclists use the Promenade at present, I see them every day. What needs to change?No one likes change, I think cycle paths are a really good idea and the ones already in use up and down the coast are excellent for families with children. They provide a safe route for cyclists. Surely its better than riding on the roads and pavements. Saying that, I dont live in Town, so wouldn't have a clue how to resolve the problem faced with the Prom.
I saw J.L.Reay in Mostyn St. earlier this year, with a camera on top of a long pole, taking photos of the buildings on the opposite side of the road. Maybe the cause of the poor photos? :D
Yes!I saw J.L.Reay in Mostyn St. earlier this year, with a camera on top of a long pole, taking photos of the buildings on the opposite side of the road. Maybe the cause of the poor photos? :D
Should have got Birdseyeviewofwales to show him how it's done. ;)
How about a motorised scooter path as well? L0L
The letter in the Weekly News is always by Roy Spilsbury, I wonder he has any time to go cycling! ;D
Not a bad idea, MrFalafel! $good$
Bee hives in Asda car park...... mmmmmmmmmmm, maybe not.
Ah now y'see that's the reason I've never wanted to go to Glastonbury, no proper clean toilets. I'd be horrified. aaa.gif
That sort of toilet arrangement is pretty common in many countries. The Vatican still uses them, for instance.
Friend of mine once took her leg out of her trousers to use a 'footprint' toilet in France and promptly lost a shoe down it !! Don't ask why she took a leg out--the mind boggles ! ))* _))*
It says you have to pay to use McDonalds hotspot access in that link
but the McDonalds web site says it is free ???
Where do the Hawks come from?
You snatched that answer from me, moments before I was typing the very same thing !
You snatched that answer from me, moments before I was typing the very same thing !
I knew I was asking for trouble asking that question. $angry$ I meant as in how does a wild bird like a Hawk end up being kept in captivity?Where do the Hawks come from?
I believe they hatch from eggs Dave. :D
Yeah but to be honest anyone can make an ill informed comment
Anonymous said...
unless you have a 100 hawks covering every street in llandudno then it wont deal with the problem.
I believe the hawks fly :laugh: so therefore cover a greater distance than us 'walkers'.
When I lived in the Barbican in London the City of London employed and probably still does hawks to destroy pigeons and they were very successful! :o
The point is over time the Hawks will have a dramatic effect on nesting numbers, no nesting = no baby gulls thus obviously reducing the numbers. A gull can live for anything up to 20 years if the council don't see the need for a deterrent now, can you imagine what it's going to be like in 5 years time!
Good news, Oscar has mentioned the Hawk Project on his site. Looks like he supports us too. :DTake that back, he's only published the negatives apart from yours Fester. Or am I just sulking 'cos he's not published mine.
The derelict Butterfly Jungle is starting to take shape in Conwy, soon to be the base of the Coastal hawks Service. I have no doubt this will prove very beneficial to Conwy. Mike says he will post more pics soon.
a broom handle through the front wheel works wonders! WWW
Just come back from Town and there are a few 'hot spots' where the gulls are at their worst.
Report it and get her an ASBO! L0LI'd like to but would it be enforced?? I'm just glad we don't live next door to her, must be a nightmare when you've got washing pegged out!
Report it and get her an ASBO! L0LI'd like to but would it be enforced?? I'm just glad we don't live next door to her, must be a nightmare when you've got washing pegged out!
AN investigation was under way yesterday after seagulls died in a suspected poison attack.
At least three seagulls were killed and seven others needed treatment after the birds collapsed and started convulsing on Rhyl beach.
Initial inquiries suggest the birds died after eating poisoned chips and anyone with information was urged to call police.
A part of the beach was closed off to the public on Saturday for public safety while a cause was investigated.
Yesterday a Denbighshire County council spokeswoman said: “Council officers and council lifeguards had to deal with suspected poisoning of a number of seagulls over the weekend.
“Lifeguards and members of the public raised concerns on Saturday afternoon after large number of seagulls started collapsing on the beach in Rhyl. The gulls appeared to start convulsing and then collapsed.
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2011/08/23/seagulls-killed-at-rhyl-beach-in-suspected-poion-attack-55578-29284489/ (http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2011/08/23/seagulls-killed-at-rhyl-beach-in-suspected-poion-attack-55578-29284489/)
I saw this young Seagull in Bangor the other day making off with a flattened Coke Can - why, I don't know!
Llandudno missed out on the Regeneration money currently being enjoyed by Colwyn Bay and now Llandudno looks set to miss out again.
Could we not have had Financial Services?
Why Cardiff again?
I don't think it'll be winning any awards from The Plain English Society anytime soon.
Well it is August-- we always reckon the town becomes enveloped in some sort of madness at this time of the year.
I like your flags $good$
No, I'm Kowalski the driver from Vanishing Point
The new SeaWalk used last Saturday for the first time in Norway could be the answer?
http://www.cruisecritic.com/blog/index.php/2012/08/14/the-incredible-floating-cruise-dock-photos/ (http://www.cruisecritic.com/blog/index.php/2012/08/14/the-incredible-floating-cruise-dock-photos/)
In that case, Yorkie, all those disabled passengers would surely much prefer to come ashore in their wheelchairs and electric scooters on that floating pier rather than climb into one of those tender boats?
Actually there are now very few ports where the passengers are tendered ashore,
So all in all I think that on most occasions tendering from ships anchored half a mile off the North Shore will for the most part be quite feasible.
Don’t forget the tide.
Incidentally I have been tendered ashore from a cruise liner off the coast of Alaska so I don't think Llandudno will pose too much of a problem.
I am well aware of that fact, Yorkie.
I accept what you are now saying about tender ports but that isn't exactly what you said before is it? ;)
Anyway, we do have one member on here that has already used one of the tender ports in Alaska and his/her experience was very positive.Incidentally I have been tendered ashore from a cruise liner off the coast of Alaska so I don't think Llandudno will pose too much of a problem.
Coastal Hawks have been given the go ahead to build the Raptors and Raiders Visitors centre on the site of the former Butterfly Jungle in Bodlondeb Conwy. Well done to all those involved I reckon it will make a fantastic tourist attraction $walesflag$
The birds are great, and I'm sure it will be a great attraction. But with the insistence that the hawks do frighten off nesting gulls (whatever the Councils say), why is this development being placed right next to a Local Nature Reserve and a Biodiversity Area? Won't they scare off nesting birds close by? Or do they only have an effect on birds that like chips and ice cream? Hope they don't affect the herons, curlews and so on that we see on the estuary which is also very close by.
I've had a great day today.
I arrive home to find that I have an email from one Mbekwe Victor Sudoku, who informs me that I have won 5 million British Pounds in the lottery that he is the Chairman of!
... we are rich beyond our wildest dreams!
If you havent already, please could you just take 5 minutes, not even that! To fill out my survey, theres only 8 questions in which are multiple choice, i reslly need as many respones as i can get. Thanks :)
If you havent already, please could you just take 5 minutes, not even that! To fill out my survey, theres only 8 questions in which are multiple choice, i reslly need as many respones as i can get. Thanks :)
Done it Kerris,
But I can't help wondering what kind of twisted individual would admit to being a 'black' tourist in question 2, given the criteria you have outlined.
Surf Snowdonia launches booking for surfing lagoonShould be a good attraction for the area. Amazing to think it was the Dolgarrog Aluminium factory only a couple of years ago.
Surfers can now book a place at the revolutionary surfing lagoon in the Conwy Valley - with prices to ride a wave starting at £19 an hour.
Surf Snowdonia opens on August 1 in Dolgarrog and will boost the local tourism economy,
The £12m facility will generate the longest man-made surfable waves on the planet and is expecting in excess of 75,000 visitors per year.
Prices to ride a wave range from £19 to £40 for one hour of ‘free surfing’ in a beginner bay, while it will cost £80 for two hours of expert tuition on an advanced two metre wave.
More......http://www.dailypost.co.uk/business/business-news/surf-snowdonia-launches-booking-surfing-9576695 (http://www.dailypost.co.uk/business/business-news/surf-snowdonia-launches-booking-surfing-9576695)