A Jolly Spuddle
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Fri 4 Feb 2011 22:43
A Spuddle Around Jolly
Harbour
On Baby Beez we
saw what we thought was an unchanged Jolly Harbour
The island in the
centre now very overgrown
The original three
properties on the island
Joined by another
two on the other side
I took our big washing in, Bear met me at the chandlers
We went into a showroom, spoke to the
least interesting salesman. He said in thirty days work will begin (this was
the plan for the island). We are not convinced.The
townhouses at two hundred and fifty thousand US dollars, the penthouses four
hundred and fifty, there is to be a hotel, pools and twenty four hour security.
The waters edge land is still nine hundred and fifty thousand US with the build
starting at five hundred thousand. Madness for a man made island with one way on
and off. On the plans we saw in the office, the original houses are not
shown and the waters edge itself is called 'community mooring'. Hmmmmmmmmmm.
Interesting to see what happens. We had a pint in the Dogwatch pub, only
customers. The barman said last year was a total washout for businesses, (Subway
- we used last April with Team Tinson and AAJ has gone), he said this year is "a
little better".
Next we spuddled to the villa we had rented, fairly unchanged, the one to its
right, our left, still empty
The paintwork not
too bad. The pair of empties to the centre of the cul
de sac, more overgrown. Some others are in a terrible way, needing lots
of outdoor work (what has happened to the maintenance)
Returning back to
the Beez, new gaff hook (with this sharp beauty - no more lost fish -
fingers crossed)
ALL IN ALL SOMEWHAT
DISAPPOINTED
STRUGGLING BUSINESSES AND THREADBARE VILLAS, VERY
SAD
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