• Cars To Look Out For!! Or Maybe Avoid!

  By Landline Telemarketing

  Your comments regarding the way the teenager looks after the car are rather harsh!!

            

   

  By BudePeeps at 15:10 on 02/02/12

  

  Confused.com has revealed which cars are most likely to be driven by those who have committed driving offences. Based on the car insurance experts' own data, Confused.com identified the Land Rover Discovery HSE V6 TD and the Land Rover Range Rover Sport HSE TD6 as the cars that are most likely to have been involved in exceeding the statutory speed limit on a public road. Meanwhile, the drivers who've been caught on their...

• Research Says Women Are Better Than Men at Parking!

  By dawnrw

  First response from Penelope on the FB page: men are more aggressive when driving in general...Women...

            

   

  By dawnrw at 07:18 on 31/01/12

  

  Contrary to popular belief, women are 'officially' better at parking than men. "Stereotyped views on driving have been shaken after new research that finds women are more efficient parkers than men. The experiment, conducted by UK's National Car Parks, showed that women's spatial awareness has been underrated, or perhaps that males' spatial awareness has been overrated." More here: Women Top Men in Parking Skills, UK...

• One in the Eye for Beeching

  By 7ertru420

  Did anyone go to the Parkhouse to see the Cornwall Council core strategy vision for housing for the...

            

   

  By dawnrw at 15:48 on 19/01/12

  

  Great to read on the BBC today that Helston Railway Preservation Society restored the line from Trevarno to Truthall Bridge which opened in December. Around a mile of track has so far been created along with a platform at Trevarno. It's taken 5 years and cost £60,000 but it's one in the eye for Beeching who stopped the line operating back in 1965 as part of his huge array of nationwide cuts. His axe, of course, included Bude,...

• Make This the Day You Campaign for Better Transport

  By Davey1000

  Running a railway costs a fortune even though (as far as I know) the diesel locomotives are running...

            

   

  By BudePeeps at 10:31 on 03/01/12

  

  Want to re-open a railway line? It's been achieved with the Todmorden Curve up in Lancashire. Wish to complain about that hike in fare rises? Take action through the Campaign for Better Transport  by tweeting, sharing on FB and contacting George Osborne to demand fair fares which are impacting particularly hard on people in the SW who have to travel many miles to get anywhere. Check out Fair Fares Now.

• Camelford Closes Again - More Roadworks on the Way!

  By dawnrw

  Yes, Robbo, I have been to Camelford!

            

   

  By BudePeeps at 17:51 on 27/12/11

  

  The BBC has reported that the main A39 road through Camelford will be closed again to traffic during daytimes in January, while the road is re-surfaced. Between October and December, the road was closed for sewer repair works by South West Water, with a diversion through Slaughterbridge in place, making journey times longer and more arduous. The Bude to Bodmin/Wadebridge route felt interminable. The town's businesses will be open as...

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