WTF Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 8 minutes ago, woolley said: I'd vote to have them removed. They are of no aesthetic value and collectively they are a dump. I think they are owned by H&B. utopia hair shop is not a dump, neither is the spar shop. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Not alluding to the businesses' interiors but to the block itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaipyr Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 8 hours ago, woolley said: Not alluding to the businesses' interiors but to the block itself. No, no, no!! Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homarus Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 On 6/3/2017 at 6:46 AM, homarus said: I honestly don't know , but I'm pretty sure that any pathway where there is a record of unbroken public access for over (I think?) 20yrs has grounds to become a PROW ! It needs to happen in this instance ,Port Soderick has a special place in the Hearts of both Manx folk recent arrivals (Less than 50 yrs!) much more so than Langness and look at the shitstorm that created ! Like said previously ,the guy may have the best interests of the public at heart ,but if our clowns in Gov ,allow access to this beach to be restricted where will it end? When I posted this a month or so back ,i didn't realize how near the mark I might have been !! I took a spin down to Port Soderick on Thursday last, to see where the land was lying and was surprised to find what appeared to be a D.O.I gov notice(I'll post as soon as I work out how to reduce to fit page!) pinned to the old stone Arch at the Douglas end of the beach which was the entrance to a P.R.O.W which led to the Sea lion pen and also further on up to the roadway above if my memory serves. The notice gives GOV intention to remove P.R.O.W status to this stretch of coastal footpath and walkway ,which over the years has been left to lapse into disrepair by the same GOV which is now trying to promote the IOM as a walkers paradise . I'd expect this sort of thing from private landowners trying to keep people of their land but not our own GOV who are supposedly the custodians of both todays and future public rights . 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Money always talks. Nowadays it shouts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homarus Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 I can't believe they're even trying to do this , especially after our GOV spent upwards of 75k fighting Clarkson to keep open 50yds of PROW at Langness! Yet here we have these cocooned imbeciles attempting to strip what appears to be established PROW status to a once a once very popular scenic footpath ,exactly the type of which both tourists and future generations of Manxies would love to walk. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paswt Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 46 minutes ago, homarus said: I can't believe they're even trying to do this , especially after our GOV spent upwards of 75k fighting Clarkson to keep open 50yds of PROW at Langness! Yet here we have these cocooned imbeciles attempting to strip what appears to be established PROW status to a once a once very popular scenic footpath ,exactly the type of which both tourists and future generations of Manxies would love to walk. Spot on "H" ,Am I alone in thinking that pressure should be put on landowners to maintain public footpaths crossing their land? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uhtred Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 4 hours ago, homarus said: ...our own GOV who are supposedly the custodians of both todays and future public rights . What a terribly quaint and amusing concept. One which the government in question may find unfamiliar. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 5 hours ago, Uhtred said: What a terribly quaint and amusing concept. One which the government in question may find unfamiliar. ....really love your use of words, truly!.............'a terribly quaint and amusing'...............brilliant 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaStar Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 On 7/15/2017 at 6:03 PM, WTF said: utopia hair shop is not a dump, neither is the spar shop. The Spar Shop there is pretty terrible to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homarus Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 (edited) Here's the notification document for any interested. I'm also pretty sure that the section of PROW hat they intend to do away with actually carried on all the way back up to the roadway above and didn't finish where it shows on this pic. I'd say it's pretty poor at best if the only reason DOI are planning on doing away with a very scenic route of PROW is to save a few pennies . It'll all come out in the wash as they say.!! Edited August 6, 2017 by homarus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 it is cheaper to de-list something than maintain it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hboy Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, WTF said: it is cheaper to de-list something than maintain it. Plus it will stop a lot of people traipsing through the developers land now as there's nowhere to get to. Edited August 6, 2017 by hboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowell thurber Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 This is the path that used to go round to the dragon rock. It been closed for a few years. last time I was down port soderick they had removed the bridge over to the path completely.the path to the road part of the raad ny foillan is still open and runs past the remains of the buildings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 (edited) 8 hours ago, homarus said: Here's the notification document for any interested. I'm also pretty sure that the section of PROW hat they intend to do away with actually carried on all the way back up to the roadway above and didn't finish where it shows on this pic. I'd say it's pretty poor at best if the only reason DOI are planning on doing away with a very scenic route of PROW is to save a few pennies . It'll all come out in the wash as they say.!! heaven knows where you would find that on the labyrinthian gov.im website, I've just spent ages trawling around and can't find any public notices in any menu or search :-( "Isle of Man, where you can't" you get as far as : Quote What are the long distance Footpaths on the Isle of Man? The Millenium Way - 26 Miles - Sky Hill to Castle Rushen Bayr Ny Skeddan - 14 Miles - between Castletown and Peel Raad ny Foillan - 96 Miles - coastal footpath waymarked with a blue sign showing a gull in flight The Heritage Trail - 26 Miles - Douglas to Peel, St John's to Sulby and Southwards to Foxdale Additionally, you can use the maps on this site on this site to view all Public Rights of Way. Click on the local information icon and then select 'Outdoor Pursuits Nearby' click the 'maps on this site, you get : (and absence of a 'local information' icon) Edited August 6, 2017 by Tempus Fugit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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