Midweek Ramble featuring TDCTV, the airport and anything else I think of.

I have just recovered from man flue, for a while there I had aches all down my hypotenuse and frankly didn’t feel much like blogging or anything else. Anyway I now feel much better and am trying to catch up on the local news.

I will add to this posting through the day, depending on how busy my bookshop is and what comes up delving the internet for local interest and anything else that amuses me.

First, above, this rather unusual offering from Thanet District Council’s YouTube channel, I have to admit to thinking that it should have sound and so went off and tried another computer in vain. Anyway here is the silent epic of Fort Road boutique hotel.

Thanet Labour have removed their post “Councillor Will Scobie - *Statement by Cllr. Clive Hart - Labour Group Leader Thanet District Council * "Cllr Will Scobie is going to study in Paris from Saturday 3rd September………” from http://thanetlab.blogspot.com/ I wonder why.

There have been quite a lot of postings about the airport recently most of them on http://www.hernebaymatters.com/nonightflights-blog/ and http://stopmanstonexpansiongroup.blogspot.com/ as always with the airport I have considerable problems visualising the airport operators intent.

This is what the airport operator Infratil’s 2011 company report had to say.

“Infratil’s two remaining European airports continued to experience very

difficult trading conditions. Notwithstanding excellent cost control,

losses grew as traffic continued to weaken.

The airports in Glasgow and Kent represent 4% of Infratil’s assets and

contributed an EBITDAF loss of £5 million (NZ$10 million) for the year.

Management is very aware of this disproportionate value/contribution

aspect and the situation is receiving the urgent attention it warrants.

There are several solutions possible, but regrettably the preferred one,

an improving European aviation scene lifting activity and hence income,

seems the least likely.”

Like many local projects it is the absence of any sort of realistic dialogue with local people that worries me, I find that despite all of the various bits information I have read for and against the airport, nothing seems to show some sort realistic view of a future with a profitable airport operating within reasonable environmental parameters.

I am not particularly anti airport, although I do have concerns about the environmental impact, both in terms of noise and our water supply, my greatest concern however is the occasional very low flight over Ramsgate, something I suppose everone in the town is aware of.  

The Thanet Extra guide to what’s on in Thanet has just popped up on the sidebar and I have just looked through it, makes you wonder when anyone from the paper last visited the area. Apparently Ramsgate market is in Staffordshire Street car park on Saturday, how a local paper can be confused about the day and location of the market is truly mind boggling.

They have also completely missed the heritage open days, all very strange, makes you wonder where they source their information. 

All of the local papers have stories about the resignation of Ian Johnson, principal of The Marlowe Academy, although strangely none of them say why he resigned.


While on the subject of what’s on in Thanet, Isle One now has a reasonably good listing see http://isleone.co.uk/whats-on-thanet although I notice it has missed the Jewish Heritage open day in Ramsgate.