Green Shoots by the Seaside

June 4, 2009

bournemouth-surfer

Blade was intrigued by this story, informing us that new – or, at least, revamped – beach huts have just gone on sale in Bournemouth. Apparently the huts were snapped up by a number of Brits who most definitely do like to be by the seaside – and who may have been lured yet closer to the water by the creation of the Northern Hemisphere’s first artificial surf reef in Bournemouth.

A spare £90,000 will get you a 25-year lease for a double hut (or, rather, ‘pod’, as Bournemouth Council prefers them to be known). There may well be a ground rent, too, and you can’t sleep the night in the hut/pod.

Some might say that £90,000 could be better spent, but Savills, the estate agents handling the sale, say that demand for the hut/pods has exceeded all expectations.

Anyone for green shoots, down there in Dorset?

Pictured courtesy of Flickr user simonhenry700: a surfer contemplates the waves in Bournemouth and asks herself, ‘If I had £90,000, would I buy a pod? Or a hut? Which is which and what is what? Or shall I buy a new board and a plane ticket to Hawaii?’

 

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Not so right said Fred

February 2, 2012
fred hat

So Farewell, then, Sir Fred Goodwin.

Now you are just Fred.

Not Right Said Fred, but plain Fred.

The Forfeiture Committee did for you.

No one had heard of it before,

But Dave said it had to act, and it did.

Trouble is that no one knows what to think.

Is it ‘Alas, poor Fred‘,

Or ‘Hurray! Sir Fred is dead!’?

We don’t know.

Do you?

By A. Mob, aged 1,378 and a half.

London Goes AWOL

January 31, 2012
CNN

STOP PRESS:

Fed up with being stuck on the Thames in south-east England, London yesterday decided to move. In a dramatic gesture which augurs ill for the Olympics, the city upped sticks and relocated to East Anglia.

Lawyers were not consulted about the move, and the city’s precise motivation remains unclear. However, financiers fear that London’s decision is a sign that it wishes to downsize. Moreover, a source from London said: “We no longer want to be Britain’s seat of power. If the Scots can deregulate, why can’t we? East Anglia is a nice place where nothing happens. It’s time for a quiet life. Please respect our right to privacy.”

Elsewhere, Birmingham did not do anything, but Manchester was seen to be packing its bags. “There’s an opportunity for us,” said Manchester. “We can become London.”

East Anglia said: “We don’t mind. It’ll be refreshing to be associated with something other than fens and flatness.”

A cartologist at CNN, which broke the extraordinary news, was later fired.

An excellent ad if ever there was one

January 25, 2012
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We seem to be visually led this week but sometimes words proliferate far too much and letting an image do the talking is no bad thing. That’s another way of saying that ACCESS Agency’s work with Lego is absolutely top drawer.