0bserver Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Just now, Declan said: My biggest concern about the development is if all the people that live in the new building have cars - that's a lot of extra traffic on roads that get chaotic on sunny summer weekends. And I can't see many walking from there to catch a bus or do a daily shop on a winter's day, so they will be almost all car drivers. I wonder if there's plans to address that. Hovercraft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 12 hours ago, randyandy said: The best place for food and drink at the moment is Ramsey by a mile. The Mitre The Swan Harbour View Chingans The chinese The Ramsey Park is decent value The Bowling Alley The swimming pool Mad Hatters Gophers The place at the old film studio Goodstuff The Hutch Court cafe hillingford Bourne Plaice Peri peri There is literally something for everyone and I have excluded the places that are still decent but not as good. Its a nice try. We do go to Ramsey sometimes. However its not the best place for food and drink. Whether we like it or not. That award belongs to dirty Douglas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 53 minutes ago, Declan said: The take away units aren't on the Prom. It's grim in the summer too if you live there, but for different reasons. The wooden shacks are on what I call the promenade, by the beach just by the ice cream parlor, had some lovely food there plus the big bus catering unit was by public toilets a few times in summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 2 minutes ago, Banker said: The wooden shacks are on what I call the promenade, by the beach just by the ice cream parlor, had some lovely food there plus the big bus catering unit was by public toilets a few times in summer Yeah, I know. That's not the Promenade - that's the road where the hotels were that goes uphill towards Bradda. I think the guy wanted to keep the shacks on during the winter but they are not really suitable when there's hooley blowing in off the Bay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinderella Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 31 minutes ago, Declan said: Yeah, I know. That's not the Promenade - that's the road where the hotels were that goes uphill towards Bradda. I think the guy wanted to keep the shacks on during the winter but they are not really suitable when there's hooley blowing in off the Bay. The beach huts would have been waterlogged if left on the beach - been high tides right up to the sea wall in recent weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 4 minutes ago, Cinderella said: The beach huts would have been waterlogged if left on the beach - been high tides right up to the sea wall in recent weeks The huts I'm talking about are still there opposite the bookshop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Declan said: My biggest concern about the development is if all the people that live in the new building have cars - that's a lot of extra traffic on roads that get chaotic on sunny summer weekends. And I can't see many walking from there to catch a bus or do a daily shop on a winter's day, so they will be almost all car drivers. I wonder if there's plans to address that. Really? Count the number of apartments, multiply by X for trips per day and you end up in the Manx Crab bucket. Most of the traffic is people driving for the view. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 (edited) Obviously your view from Cornwall is better than mine, even though the existing traffic passes by my home and I see the existing summer chaos from my window. A local resident expressing a concern that can be addressed, is not even opposition to the project, let alone Manx Crabbary. Edited January 23, 2023 by Declan 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Declan said: Obviously your view from Cornwall is better than mine, even though the existing traffic passes by my home and I see the existing summer chaos from my window. A local resident expressing a concern that can be addressed, is not even opposition to the project, let alone Manx Crabbary. Same argument was used at the Golf Links. There are ten bungalows in my road, average trips / day is 20 in total. I use my car at most once a week, as does another resident. With the many summer visitors to Port Erin I doubt very much you would notice the difference, it's just a NIMBY argument. Don't worry - the Cornish would also complain about any new development. Edited January 23, 2023 by GD4ELI 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 What? There are hundreds of people including kids and drunks stood alongside the road to the golf links, nor are there fat people who will park anywhere near an icecream shop. However, please don't twist my words, you nasty lying bastard, into opposition to this proposal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Just now, Declan said: What? There are hundreds of people including kids and drunks stood alongside the road to the golf links, nor are there fat people who will park anywhere near an icecream shop. However, please don't twist my words, you nasty lying bastard, into opposition to this proposal. No need to be nasty. To be clear - I don't think you'll notice extra traffic in Summer from these apartments. They would be good for Port Erin and good for the Island, just as the rejected plans for the Golf Links would have been. I do wonder who would build and where the specialist staff would be found but that's a different matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Stop name calling then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 The NPM leads on a story of millions of polystyrene balls found all over the beach in Port Erin, and around the now demolished Biological Centre. Needless to say there is uproar, and much wailing and gnashing of teeth. No doubt a witch hunt will follow, who can you blame, contractor or developer? Will IOMG do anything? It’s a toughie, on the one hand there were calls to pull it down and rebuild. It gets pulled down and people are upset over some ‘pollution’. It’s reckoned the polystyrene was from insulation used in the cavity walls of the Biological Centre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 There are million polystyrene balls in Port Erin Now we know how many ball it takes to fill a Cosy Nook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 12 minutes ago, 2112 said: The NPM leads on a story of millions of polystyrene balls found all over the beach in Port Erin, and around the now demolished Biological Centre. Needless to say there is uproar, and much wailing and gnashing of teeth. No doubt a witch hunt will follow, who can you blame, contractor or developer? Will IOMG do anything? It’s a toughie, on the one hand there were calls to pull it down and rebuild. It gets pulled down and people are upset over some ‘pollution’. It’s reckoned the polystyrene was from insulation used in the cavity walls of the Biological Centre. Are you actually trying to say something here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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