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tjj Jan 27, 2013 19:36:36
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
tjj wrote:
tiompan wrote:
harestonesdown wrote:
1.5 miles away, how far away is the new stonehenge visitors centre. ?
Plus the Stonehenge area is flat as opposed to the Causeway which is is below 200 + ft cliffs .
I'll be honest Tiompan and say I've never visited N.I. or the Giant's Causeway. I understand from a friend who lived in N.I. for a few years that part of the enjoyment of visiting GC is walking along the cliff tops. I can't imagine the NT will win this one as they are up against some powerful and wealthy people. Besides which it is probably too late in the day to make any difference.

I am just a resigned observer noting that big money is the winner yet again.

To appreciate the causeway itself you do have to get onto it or at least close . The walk above is fine but quite a different experience .
I don't like or play golf and would never wish to go to a golf club , the vast majority in my view take up too much space just to cater to the pleasure of few whilst effectively keeping punters off what is in effect intensively indulged chemical lawns . So I would probably prefer it wasn't there , but that's just my very prejudiced worthless opinion .
I can think of worse .
I can't argue with anything you've said T apart from the bit about your opinion being 'worthless'.
It's not just a golf course in this case ...

Another quote from the NT statement:
We have significant concerns about the scale of this development, which includes a 120 bedroom four storey hotel, 75 residential units, retail units, bars and restaurants, a golf club house, other ancillary buildings and parking. The development would mean the permanent loss of significant tracts of arable farmland and would subsume all of the proposed Bushfoot Dunes Site of Local Nature Conservation Interest into the golf course.

T tiompan
tiompan Jan 27, 2013 19:49:56
Replying to tjj

tjj wrote:
tiompan wrote:
tjj wrote:
tiompan wrote:
harestonesdown wrote:
1.5 miles away, how far away is the new stonehenge visitors centre. ?
Plus the Stonehenge area is flat as opposed to the Causeway which is is below 200 + ft cliffs .
I'll be honest Tiompan and say I've never visited N.I. or the Giant's Causeway. I understand from a friend who lived in N.I. for a few years that part of the enjoyment of visiting GC is walking along the cliff tops. I can't imagine the NT will win this one as they are up against some powerful and wealthy people. Besides which it is probably too late in the day to make any difference.

I am just a resigned observer noting that big money is the winner yet again.

To appreciate the causeway itself you do have to get onto it or at least close . The walk above is fine but quite a different experience .
I don't like or play golf and would never wish to go to a golf club , the vast majority in my view take up too much space just to cater to the pleasure of few whilst effectively keeping punters off what is in effect intensively indulged chemical lawns . So I would probably prefer it wasn't there , but that's just my very prejudiced worthless opinion .
I can think of worse .
I can't argue with anything you've said T apart from the bit about your opinion being 'worthless'.
It's not just a golf course in this case ...

Another quote from the NT statement:
We have significant concerns about the scale of this development, which includes a 120 bedroom four storey hotel, 75 residential units, retail units, bars and restaurants, a golf club house, other ancillary buildings and parking. The development would mean the permanent loss of significant tracts of arable farmland and would subsume all of the proposed Bushfoot Dunes Site of Local Nature Conservation Interest into the golf course.

Yep , if I lived in the area I wouldn't be happy .

T thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jan 27, 2013 20:50:04
Replying to tjj

Ooh, it sounds lovely. When can I book in?

Joking aside, does the world need another golf course? Or four storey hotel? Doubtful, but I suppose this may bring work and revenue to an area where it is perhaps needed(?).

I don't know what the answer is, but I agree with tjj that it seems another example of money and power winning out over other considerations. There must be somewhere else that could be destroyed, sorry enhanced, in this way?

The Salisbury Plain Pitch'n'Putt'n'Drive-In Motel, for example.