DON'T Bother coming to Aberystwyth

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/7985577.stm

Blame Aled the PC Councillor.

Councillor J Aled Davies, Craig y Mor, 31 Queens Road, SY23 2HN
Mobile 07971 209 501


http://www.aberystwyth.gov.uk/page10.html

I'm sure he would love to hear from you.
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Waits for the usual boring abuse from some.

 

And we need to be told not to go to Wales ?

Didn't they try this sort of ban a couple of years back in Brighton ?

Didn't get far there either ..

Paul.

 

E-Mailed whingy complaint/up in arms message

--
Steve Parry
BMW R80RS, 03 BMW R1100S Boxercup, 07 K1200GT SE
95 BMW F650, 87 Yamaha FS1, Sukida SK90PY, 91 Kawasaki AR50,
BMW 330Ci
www.gwynfryn.co.uk

 

wrote:

Whitby, iirc.

Personally I couldn't give a shit. Yorkshire, Wales, whatever.

 

Christ no, dismal place.

 

This is the response of one of the other councillors

"I am an ex-biker myself. I had a Yamaha XV1100, but I sold it about 5-6
years ago.

The idea about limiting parking has been on the cards for several years. I
can remember it being discussed in Aberystwyth Town Council meetings at
least five years ago. I do not know why it has suddenly made the BBC news.

I have never found the parking of motor bikes on the prom to be any great
problem. Bikers use the widest bit of the prom and there is always room for
people to walk the prom.

Regarding the insinuation you make against a local Ceredigion Councillor, I
think you are mistaken. (He does not own the hotel, by the way, he is the
manager.)

The problem with the diner on the prom goes back to the early 1990's. The
conservative government was pushing public-private partnerships as the way
to improve public services; and there was a great deal of behind-the-scenes
pressure on local councils to go into these deals. The old Ceredigion
District Council had not done any of these deals, so they were forced into
going into partnership with a private company where the company put up the
capital to built the diner and they got exclusive rights to sell food on the
promenade. The problem is that the old Ceredigion Council were not well
versed in contract negotiations and gave away far too much. The diner has an
exclusive right to sell food and drink anywhere on the prom between
Constitution Hill and the War Memorial - and there is no end-date to this
exclusive right. We as townspeople have lost our rights on the prom. Before
this deal was signed, for example, there were regular fares on the prom at
which some stall-holders would sell food and drink. These no longer take
place.

There is no link between motor cycle parking on the prom and the issue of
the contract with the diner. Anyone who tells you otherwise is either
deliberately trying to twist things, or has not understood the background to
these issues.

Yours,
Chris Simpson
Aberystwyth North Ward Councillor"

--
Steve Parry
BMW R80RS, 03 BMW R1100S Boxercup, 07 K1200GT SE
95 BMW F650, 87 Yamaha FS1, Sukida SK90PY, 91 Kawasaki AR50,
BMW 330Ci
www.gwynfryn.co.uk

 

additional info

"I think this needs clarification I do not have any responsibility for
enforcing existing legislation in regards to the promenade I attended a prom
forum meeting with another three county councillors ,two council officers
and a town councillor and were informed by the officers that a complaint had
been received by a member of the public and supported by a letter from our
MP.This then becomes a problem for the council as this has been logged and
if any occurrence occurs which could lead to legal action taken against the
council we would be liable as we are allowing an illegal activity to take
place and therefore we cannot carry on turning a blind eye ,after much
debate it was unanimously agreed we cannot allow something to take place
which could lead to a legal action taken out against the council .What I
find typical of some councillors that they havent the courage to be honest
and come forward and admit that they also agreed that we should look for
alternative arrangements and work with the motorcyclists in trying to look
for other possible sites. aled"


--
Steve Parry
BMW R80RS, 03 BMW R1100S Boxercup, 07 K1200GT SE
95 BMW F650, 87 Yamaha FS1, Sukida SK90PY, 91 Kawasaki AR50,
BMW 330Ci
www.gwynfryn.co.uk

 

A I understand it it's always been illegal but they've turned a blind eye to
bikes parking there and the ruckus is because the council are now enforcing
the existing legislation

--
Steve Parry
BMW R80RS, 03 BMW R1100S Boxercup, 07 K1200GT SE
95 BMW F650, 87 Yamaha FS1, Sukida SK90PY, 91 Kawasaki AR50,
BMW 330Ci
www.gwynfryn.co.uk

 

That sounds like the plot of a Malcolm Pryce novel.

 

Wicked.

 

If I read it correctly...

* the council have known about existing legislation for a long time but
have turned a blind eye.
* A member of the public (involved or not) complained to their MP
* The MP passed it back to the council in a manner which officially
logged the complaint
* The council have now decided they have to act on the existing
legislation because the complaint has made it somewhere official
* Some sheep-shaggers, scousers and tourists stupid enough to visit
north Wales are suffering as a result

It's not exactly a hundred thousand dead in Iraq, is it?

 

balls. There was nothing in there about Druids.

 

are you having a slow day?

 

Fourth day of NetScaler training.

 

ugh. Isn't that Citrix branded these days?

 

They seem to have retained the NetScaler brand while slapping Xen-
related names on everything else.

 

There's an offence that is 'Obstructing the Queen's Highway' [1] which
includes the pavements, so they can move or impound your bike if it's
obstructing wheelchairs/prams etc.

Cheers,

Paul.

[1] Whilst researching this, I found http://www.spacehijackers.co.uk/html/projects/carpark/index.html

 

<fx: googles>

yeah, you appear to be correct.

Citrix stuff generally is one of the many banes of my (work) life.

 

The NetScalers seem alright really. Certainly more powerful than the
Alteons we're pensioning off.

 

it's the remote access/server virtualising stuff we use. I've been
tangentially involved in using it right back to Winframe, and it's
never "just worked" - always seems to require constant fiddling with.