A Reader Writes re Barnstaple Bus Station
Dear Letters Editor, North Devon Council (NDC) leader and would-be MP, Ian Roome, clearly meant to say that the toilets at Barnstaple bus-station - closed for more than three years…
Storm Jocelyn Bringing More Rain to the Soggy Shores of SW England
Following hot on the heels of Storm Isha, the storm we have been following for a couple of days has now been given a name by Met Éireann, the Irish…
Sewage Pollution Following Storm Isha
I posed a (rather rhetorical) question to our regular reader(s) on XTwitter yesterday, and the answer arrived in next to no time: https://twitter.com/west_devon_info/status/1748853663987028292 This evening Storm Isha is unleashing her…
Storm Isha Heads for West Devon
This morning dawned cold and clear once again, with another glorious sunrise: However that is soon going to change, since later in the day the Met Office in Exeter announced…
The “Sewage Scandal” in North Devon
I sent a letter to the editor of the North Devon Gazette yesterday. I reproduce it below, but with the addition of some graphics and hyperlinks. Dear Editor, As an…
Storm Henk Hits Halwill Junction
Earlier this morning the UK Met Office gave the latest inclement weather that has headed our way over the festive season an official name. Storm Henk. Halwill Junction is also…
An Unhappy New Year for South West Surfers
What with one thing and another we decided not to go for a New Year's Day surfing session in the North Atlantic. We went for a walk this morning instead,…