tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post8469085140043846287..comments2024-03-20T13:44:57.468-07:00Comments on Home Thoughts Weekly: Autumn ReviewUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-66089036538071140752009-10-14T01:42:00.648-07:002009-10-14T01:42:00.648-07:00Muddyboots, I now learn that we are to have three ...Muddyboots, I now learn that we are to have three houses opposite us, despite the fact that only outline planning permission (from way back when) has been granted so far.<br /><br />Jeanne, rant away - we've done our best to stop building outside the village boundary but the powers that be seem determined to ruin the coastal strip.<br /><br />Fp, thanks m'dear - is it good to be back after your hols?<br /><br />BSM, it does make me cross but, hey, as I keep telling myself I live in a lovely home in a lovely part of the world so really I shouldn't be complaining at all. Thanks.Chris Stovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741359642268813093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-68664320147931141912009-10-12T15:41:37.643-07:002009-10-12T15:41:37.643-07:00I know how cross I would be if those things happen...I know how cross I would be if those things happenings in my lovely countryside.<br /><br />Best wishes with marathon and writing projects<br /><br />xxBluestocking Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01502764742097142372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-17743079853076885922009-10-12T00:49:28.237-07:002009-10-12T00:49:28.237-07:00Well, Chris I'm sure everything will go great ...Well, Chris I'm sure everything will go great for you. Sometimes everything just seems to come at once. The house selling, the BP, Make and Make do, it will all go well, I'm sure. Good luck with the marathon training and Tom's exhibition. Perhaps one day, if I get to pass through Wales, I can drop in to one of his exhibitions - now that would be brilliant!Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977676093756206414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-67980009288546669042009-10-11T02:10:15.891-07:002009-10-11T02:10:15.891-07:00good luck with everything Chris!good luck with everything Chris!Flowerpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14102679179201725732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-76070163996078320552009-10-10T10:33:42.725-07:002009-10-10T10:33:42.725-07:00Good luck Chris with your new course and congratul...Good luck Chris with your new course and congratulations to Tom with his forthcoming exhibition.<br /><br />Its a sad sign of the times that our beautiful countryside is being eaten up by motorways, housing developments and out of town shopping centres. It really does make me mad! In our neck of the woods there are those dreaded planning signs posted everywhere about various plots of land surrounding our village, up for development. We are petitioning and hoping it won't happen but who knows, they usually get their way don't they.... sorry about the rant!<br /><br />Jeanne xReading Tea Leaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16928999793157507134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-5221822122905186522009-10-09T03:23:05.248-07:002009-10-09T03:23:05.248-07:00the building thing happens here too, our village i...the building thing happens here too, our village is still pretty small, development happening in the 70's thanks to the nature of the soil, wet & boggy, but the next village has changed beyond recognition, housing estates popping up like mushroomsmuddybootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01117980616235810426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-18429211147414084832009-10-09T02:36:33.577-07:002009-10-09T02:36:33.577-07:00Milla, sorry to rub salt in the wound. It is very...Milla, sorry to rub salt in the wound. It is very depressing though. Thanks for your good wishes.<br /><br />Debs, how utterly berludy annoying for you. I mean who wants to look at lighthouse when you can look at crappy shed instead? Sorry, have still not picked up award. As for paintings - with son off to Uni you have plenty to spend your money on already!<br /><br />HAH, yep, that just about sums up what happens here - like the business park with no business. Grrr!<br /><br />Captain Black - thanks but your sounds er hilly so I think I'm probably better off in Cardiff (famous last words). Good luck to you too!<br /><br />Kate, I was thinking of you and hoping your introductory day had gone well and that you feel a bit less apprehensive now. Stay on the soapbox - perhaps we should all get on it!<br /><br />Lane, thanks. I'm feeling weary today myself! I think I've run myself out and feel a bit rubbishy on the writing front too.<br /><br />Edward, thanks - I think it should, hopefully, be better than the lashing rain and hailstones of the LLanelli half!<br /><br />Elizabethm, no one has ever listened to us when we've done it before and our previous protest letter got published in the local paper without our say-so. I don't think they're on our side. Thanks. Only consideration on new area front is proximity to Aged Ps these days.Chris Stovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741359642268813093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-61182922411751650532009-10-09T02:14:00.958-07:002009-10-09T02:14:00.958-07:00Tattie, ah that is the procrastinating power of th...Tattie, ah that is the procrastinating power of the deadline - then you really have to work like a mad eejit to reach it!<br /><br />Pfg, thanks for the reassurance. I think what irks us is that we are in danger of living in a place that's becoming more suburban than the 'suburbs' we left. At least we were tucked away on the edge of the Downs there.<br /><br />Elizabethd, well, especially when there's allocated space available - it's just so unnecessary.<br /><br />LBD, ours, it seems round here, is not to wonder at the blunders the planners perform. There's no comparison between what the plans are supposed to be and what actually happens. What seems, as an outsider, to me to be wanton destruction of the countryside is apparently quite acceptable if you know the right people. And good point about which October - genius - I shall hang on to that thought - will do a quick ps next week with Ode to Llama and Ma's reaction.<br /><br />Pip, I know - it's hard for me not to come across as a nimby or mimfy in this case, or a grumpy old woman, but really!!<br /><br />DOT, welcome, phew, no need to feel inadequate on my account. You're right about the schedule 'though, I'm now at the stage where I'm tired and apprehensive so just hope it goes ok now. Thanks for your good wishes.<br /><br />Mags, hope you've got your number now. Gosh, Milford's unrecognisable now, I feel for your dad. And when you're in there on a boat it feels as if you've just fetched up in the middle of a housing estate.<br /><br />Mountainear, thanks for your good wishes and for sharing my frustration - it really does my head in when there is plenty of land within the permitted development.Chris Stovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741359642268813093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-39949560998923578602009-10-08T04:33:40.605-07:002009-10-08T04:33:40.605-07:00I'm with LBD - ring the planners, make a fuss!...I'm with LBD - ring the planners, make a fuss! Mind you I say this but am always the last to do it myself. sometimes I can get Ian to do it!<br />Best of luck with the BP, marathon and the course. You don't sit around do you? There is plenty of empty land and isolated houses up here too!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-53956628011223963732009-10-08T02:39:27.893-07:002009-10-08T02:39:27.893-07:00Good luck with everything, particularly the HM. C...Good luck with everything, particularly the HM. Course looks good - I just hope the weather's kind to you. And as for the farmers and their crop of houses - a pox on them!Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06548801150312804111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-72314884966877185992009-10-07T14:20:39.098-07:002009-10-07T14:20:39.098-07:00These planning laws (out laws) are crazy.
Good lu...These planning laws (out laws) are crazy.<br /><br />Good luck with BP and with your new course and your draft (phew - feel tired just typing that). Not to mention your training!Lane Mathiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08147122748453850264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-56723179948173322692009-10-07T13:56:12.177-07:002009-10-07T13:56:12.177-07:00Good luck with the Cardiff half-marathon. I'll...Good luck with the Cardiff half-marathon. I'll be doing the Aviemore half-marathon that weekend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-55559684511764772492009-10-07T13:38:06.534-07:002009-10-07T13:38:06.534-07:00Good luck with the A363 I am decidedly worried abo...Good luck with the A363 I am decidedly worried about the A125!<br />Would love to read Ode to a Llama, eating his banana?<br />Planners are my worstest nightmare (Close second is A125!)and I so agree with you - don't think it is just Wales though, Scotland has its share of disappearing land to silly dead end estates in suburban non venacular house styles ....... will get off soap box NOW!!<br />CKxCalico Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11054839834452087857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-67178320942245831422009-10-07T11:36:09.004-07:002009-10-07T11:36:09.004-07:00When we livedin OZ we travelled up teh coast of Qu...When we livedin OZ we travelled up teh coast of Queensland and happenned across in the middle of nowhere a small paved tarmaced street lit estate all laid out by a beautiful beach but no houses. Bizzarre! Apparently the council had built the roads and installed lighting only to find no one was interested in living there. it was very strange but re-inforces what you fear about councils having no forward planning I suspect!her at homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553181592011484686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-84116116156576253702009-10-07T09:58:32.751-07:002009-10-07T09:58:32.751-07:00What a swine building opposite your house like tha...What a swine building opposite your house like that. The farmer opposite us has two massive sheds - try getting planning permission for a small lean-to if you're not a farmer over here... - and over one weekend extended one of them. We've now therefore lost our view of Corbiere lighthouse, so I'm not impressed. Grr.<br /><br />Best of luck to Tom, I'm still planning on buying one of his photos - and the whole family know about this - but seem to have so many things to fork out for at the moment.Deborah Carr (Debs)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03223653554549707595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-24862919017079685312009-10-07T09:51:52.782-07:002009-10-07T09:51:52.782-07:00you and me both on farmers and fields and bloody h...you and me both on farmers and fields and bloody houses. SO DEPRESSING. Good luck with the half marathon, you mad thing, you.Millahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15967731998504496807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-38385757947116633592009-10-07T08:24:52.003-07:002009-10-07T08:24:52.003-07:00Good to catch up - you have been busy.
I'd ge...Good to catch up - you have been busy.<br /><br />I'd get very cross about the development too - once that land is built on it's gone forever. As you say there are plenty of places vacant and on the market already. Sigh. Growl.<br /><br />Best of luck with the build up to the marathon - and the race itself of course. xmountainearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15977393968796316843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-91862699671874301802009-10-07T08:23:46.084-07:002009-10-07T08:23:46.084-07:00Ooh! I haven't had my number yet. It's all...Ooh! I haven't had my number yet. It's all getting a bit close.<br /><br />Shame about the building plots. My Dad knows who you feel. He lives directly above Milford Marina and used to be able to see the boats...<br /><br />There are still remote places though. Come over for a coffee and I'll show you one!Maggie Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16047691937064748860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-64565095886122639672009-10-07T06:18:03.560-07:002009-10-07T06:18:03.560-07:00You are making me feel very inadequate. (Not a fir...You are making me feel very inadequate. (Not a first, I have to say.)<br /><br />Congratulations to you for sticking to your punishing running schedule - I too used to run long distance. And congrats to Tom for the exhibition invite.DOThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00719312854612984929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-72560070973234742582009-10-07T05:55:29.269-07:002009-10-07T05:55:29.269-07:00I hate the way the beautiful places are being torn...I hate the way the beautiful places are being torn up too Chris. So short sighted and typical of the think now, regret nature of today's world (gawd I sound about a hundred!!!). Lovely to catch up on your 'doings'. Hope the writing flows for you xxPipanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048984447721169350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-9748237182102607432009-10-07T04:04:12.941-07:002009-10-07T04:04:12.941-07:00Oh, Chris - I'm so cross on your behalf about ...Oh, Chris - I'm so cross on your behalf about that farmer! It's absolutely unbelievable that he's doing what he's doing. Would it be worth a call to the planners asking to see his plans (if they exist) and pointing out that you don't remember being consulted? Hard to believe anyone's building speculatively in this market, but I guess there's always one (although shame it has to be right across the road from you).<br /><br />Still have everything crossed and double crossed re the PB. I'm sure it's only a matter of time. And you probably didn't say which October in your press piece, so that lets you off the hook in my book. <br /><br />Good luck for the Cardiff half. Will be rooting for you.<br /><br />Would absolutely love to see your Ode to a Llama. Please put it up. Pleeeeeeeeeease! (And I don't believe we've heard your Ma's appraisal of the horizontal jogging passages yet...)LITTLE BROWN DOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752176955139690523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-63475791536101006402009-10-07T03:27:58.089-07:002009-10-07T03:27:58.089-07:00So sad to see beautiful countryside eaten up by de...So sad to see beautiful countryside eaten up by developers.Elizabethdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405703727112759947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-57435326058551033422009-10-07T03:09:29.635-07:002009-10-07T03:09:29.635-07:00When we first moved here, at the back was nothing ...When we first moved here, at the back was nothing but fields, with all manner of wild life, and tucked inside a copse of fir trees, an old farmhouse. We knew that planning permission had been granted for this piece of land, and although it tarnished our glee at finding this little house, we went ahead. Visions of run down estates, yobs, all night parties, druggies all came to mind, but in fact, it is a lovely estate - well, as estates go - beautifully landscaped, a variety of housing sizes, and inhabitants also from young singles to elderly couples. There is a neighbourhood watch scheme, and very little noise, even in the height of summer. Shame the views gone though!<br />Good luck with the marathon and the writing course, rather you than me on both those!pinkfairygranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09497901949136714254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-38447742588115219912009-10-07T02:55:52.890-07:002009-10-07T02:55:52.890-07:00Just had a glorious catch up - why does it alays ...Just had a glorious catch up - why does it alays strike me to do that when I have a deadline coming up? Good Luck with Cardiff and crossing fingers for the writing!Tattieweaslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723634612274763884noreply@blogger.com