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« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2011, 20:18:39 » |
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That's what you get for living on a sandstone headland...
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« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2011, 20:21:18 » |
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It is thought the falls may be due to normal coastal erosion caused by factors like the sea undercutting the cliff base.
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2011, 20:42:31 » |
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Look at the second picture - you can just see the back end of a Pacer entering the tunnel - the landslip also looks very undercut (rail replacement bus anyone ?)
Apologies for pedantry, but it's the front end of an HST▸  I'm slightly amazed though that anyone could pay GBP1.75m for a house that had already lost its garden over the edge of a cliff in 2007. You'd hope the surveyor spotted the imminent danger of the whole job sliding into the sea... |
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« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2011, 20:45:33 » |
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See that little house in the far left of that same photo? That's my cousin's house, that is. Stayed there only a few weeks ago  |
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2011, 21:03:58 » |
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I'm slightly amazed though that anyone could pay GBP1.75m for a house that had already lost its garden over the edge of a cliff in 2007. You'd hope the surveyor spotted the imminent danger of the whole job sliding into the sea...
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2011, 08:54:17 » |
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''Salvage: The owner is getting civil engineers to examine the cliffs in a bid to save her home.''
A bit of under- pining perhaps !!!!
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« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2011, 11:43:00 » |
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Interesting that this house is less than 10 years old...
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« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2011, 12:38:49 » |
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Useless journalism - "the earlier landslip was described as the length of two double decker buses".
Surely eny fule kno that the correct units for volume should be 'Olympic sized swimming pools'?
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« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2011, 13:51:33 » |
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I thought the standard measurement of volume was yer Royal Albert Hall. Or is that the old imperial version?
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
"Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity."
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« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2011, 15:17:12 » |
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Fortunately for the property owner (not to mention residents of Devon), the landslip did not bring an area the size of Wales crashing down into the sea.
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« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2011, 16:17:24 » |
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See that little house in the far left of that same photo? That's my cousin's house, that is. Stayed there only a few weeks ago You must be the first person to spot something to the "far left" in the Mail |
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« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2011, 19:56:07 » |
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2011, 23:58:56 » |
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A video news report, from the BBC» : Sea view moves closer for Devon house
The owners of a luxury cliff top home in Dawlish, Devon are counting the cost after a landslip caused large parts of the garden to crash around 130 ft into the sea.
The house, bought less than two years ago for ^1.75m, is now perilously close to the cliff edge.
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
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« Reply #14 on: February 11, 2011, 18:54:45 » |
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A video news report, from the BBC» : Sea view moves closer for Devon house
The owners of a luxury cliff top home in Dawlish, Devon are counting the cost after a landslip caused large parts of the garden to crash around 130 ft into the sea.
The house, bought less than two years ago for ^1.75m, is now perilously close to the cliff edge.
I predict a 'steep fall' coming! |
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