Ryanair reduce flights from Newquay to one a day

[kea]

If it means that poeple living in a rural community can have a crack at jobs with fair pay in London then yes. If it's just so rich business men can buy houses in Cornwall then no.

so people in cornwall are getting medium-paying jobs in london and using the plane to communte? that's a new one on me. most people who do things like that (eg. firemen, track repair workers) use their own cars from what i've heard.

it's a shame that you won't be able to make it to london because of this decision by ryanair madzone, but as i said earlier, i don't think it's unreasonable to point out that you have chosen to live somewhere which is a fair way from london, and hence it's pretty impractical trying to get up here for one night only anyway.

perhaps you could get someone to mind the smallholding and take a long weekend in london instead, to justify the journey?

 

[Jangla]

madzone, it is a simple fact that you choose to live somewhere which is a certain distance from the capital city, both geographically and in terms of transport. there's no point in getting angry about the fact that the time-space continuum can't be altered in order to give you an easy way of visiting london for just one night. as the editor says, there's a perfectly good sleeper train. it's unfortunate that your lifestyle/home situation means you can't use that, but that's not the fault of anyone but yourself.

And if we all thought like that we may as well cut Corwall away fom the country and let it drift off into the sea. What about the tens of thousands of people who are born there and have no choice as to where they live?

Considering the tourism generated down there, the CC do seem a little backward at times. All for the sake of a fiver that most passengers would be more than willing to pay to visit some of the most beautiful countryside england has to offer.

 

[madzone]

I was born here. I've grown up with people saying if we want to make it in the world we have to move away, leave our familes, the beautiful place we live in - just to make a wage that would enable us to get a mortgage?
I'm not sure you appreciate the scale of the problem down here Kea.

 

[editor]

Don't go at all then. If your morals dictate that you're against air travel then it's hypocritical to use it at all IMVVHO

Are you being intentionally dense here?

I'm against air travel when there are - for the third time - reasonable transport alternatives available.

 

[Dubversion]

oh jesus.

while i appreciate that madzone's lot might be slightly better than others in even less well provided for areas, i still think she's entitled to have a moan about it without being ripped to fucking shreds. or am i missing something?

 

[kea]

And if we all thought like that we may as well cut Corwall away fom the country and let it drift off into the sea. What about the tens of thousands of people who are born there and have no choice as to where they live?

Considering the tourism generated down there, the CC do seem a little backward at times. All for the sake of a fiver that most passengers would be more than willing to pay to visit some of the most beautiful countryside england has to offer.

oh do't be so overdramatic for christ's sakes, i'm not arguing for the removal of all public transport links to cornwall, i'm simply pointing out that it's a bit unrealistic for someone from rural cornwall to expect air travel to facilitate them paying a one night visit to london when they feel like it!

 

[kea]

I was born here. I've grown up with people saying if we want to make it in the world we have to move away, leave our familes, the beautiful place we live in - just to make a wage that would enable us to get a mortgage?
I'm not sure you appreciate the scale of the problem down here Kea.

what does any of that (i have written articles about the economy and housing situation in cornwall madzone, i'm not a total twat) have to do with the fact that ryanair isnt' facilitating your one-night stop over in london?

 

[editor]

while i appreciate that madzone's lot might be slightly better than others in even less well provided for areas, i still think she's entitled to have a moan about it without being ripped to fucking shreds. or am i missing something?

If she's going to post up her moans, folks are entitled to react and comment to them.

That's how this here interwebby board thing works, innit?

 

[madzone]

what does any of that (i have written articles about the economy and housing situation in cornwall madzone, i'm not a total twat) have to do with the fact that ryanair isnt' facilitating your one-night stop over in london?

Because it's part of the wider assumption that we somehow have to be happy being 3rd class citizens in terms of any kind of provisions (be it transport, education, employment) and what's more we should be ahppy about it becasue we're lucky enough to live by the beach.

 

[Dubversion]

at the editor: yeh, but come on.

for every moan, there will be a counter-moan, life's complicated. are you telling me you've never moaned and bitched on here about something that's pissed you off that actually has another side to the story you've not taken into account? it's just human nature, and it just seems like people are queueing up to have a pop over something which - the broader transport / socio-economic picture aside - must be fucking irritating

 

[madzone]

Are you being intentionally dense here?

Oh here we go

It's your toy so you get to talk to people like they're shit.

 

[kea]

Because it's part of the wider assumption that we somehow have to be happy being 3rd class citizens in terms of any kind of provisions (be it transport, education, employment) and what's more we should be ahppy about it becasue we're lucky enough to live by the beach.

how does 'only' one ryanair flight a day make you and other cornish people '3rd class citizens'?

edit: i want to visit cornwall. there's only one ryanair flight a day! does that make me a 3rd class citizen as well??

 

[Spion]

oh jesus.

while i appreciate that madzone's lot might be slightly better than others in even less well provided for areas, i still think she's entitled to have a moan about it without being ripped to fucking shreds. or am i missing something?

She's hardly been ripped to shreds. One or two people have pointed out that it's not really realistic to expect to live at the far end of the country and throw a tantrum if you can't get plane travel on demand to go and see a show in London for the night.

 

[editor]

Because it's part of the wider assumption that we somehow have to be happy being 3rd class citizens in terms of any kind of provisions (be it transport, education, employment) and what's more we should be ahppy about it becasue we're lucky enough to live by the beach.

"Third class citizens"? WTF?

Err, many, many towns don't enjoy Newquay's connectivity:

By Air
Newquay Airport has daily flights to and from London Gatwick and London stansted airports connecting with national and international flights. Contact Ryanair on +44 (0)871 2460000 www.ryanair.com and Air South West on +44 (0)870 2418202 www.airsouthwest.com

By Rail
Regular Saturday services run from London, the Midlands, Northern England and Scotland. These services are provided by Virgin, First Great Western and Wessex Trains. For further details contact the National Rail Enquiry Bureau on +44 (0)845 7484950.

By Coach
Daily coaches commute from London and throughout the country direct into Newquay town centre. Contact Travel Line Southwest on 08706 082608 or National Express on 08705 808080 for details.

Local Bus Services
First National provides a wide range of services all across Cornwall. For details of bus times and routes contact the Traveline on 0870 608 2608

Western Greyhound operate a local bus service throughout Cornwall. The company also offer day excursions and coach hire. For details of areas services and print out timetables, visit westerngreyhound.com or contact them direct on 01637 871871.

By Road
From the M5 - shortly after Exeter - join the A30. Continue on the A30 which takes you to approximately 7 miles from Newquay. Take the A392 which leads directly into town.

By Sea
From the Ferryport at Plymouth approximately 50 miles away. Follow the A38 via Liskeard and then the A30 which takes you to approx 7 miles from Newquay. Take the A392 which leads directly into town.

 

[editor]

It's your toy so you get to talk to people like they're shit.

Oh yes, That's actually what I'm doing, isn't it?



If you keep trying to intentionally misrepresent my words, I've every right to correct you.

How many times do I have to keep repeating what I actually said before it sinks in?

 

[madzone]

Ah fuck it. I'm today's sacrificial sheep

There's more to Cornwall than you can see on a fold up bike you know. Some of us actually live here. You keep coming down and looking at cornwall through your rose tinted specs but don't be surprised if I run you over in my 4x4

 

[Spion]

but don't be surprised if I run you over in my 4x4

Why not drive to Exeter in your 4x4 and catch a plane from there?

 

[madzone]

Why not drive to Exeter in your 4x4 and catch a plane from there?

 

[kea]

Ah fuck it. I'm today's sacrificial sheep

There's more to Cornwall than you can see on a fold up bike you know. Some of us actually live here. You keep coming down and looking at cornwall through your rose tinted specs but don't be surprised if I run you over in my 4x4

ie. 'i don't have an answer'.

 

[editor]

There's more to Cornwall than you can see on a fold up bike you know. Some of us actually live here. You keep coming down and looking at cornwall through your rose tinted specs but don't be surprised if I run you over in my 4x4

I've been going to Cornwall since before you were born and I've only ever been on a folding bike once. And you can shove you patronising "rose tinted specs" comments right up your landing pad.

I'm more than aware of the socio-economic problems facing Cornwall, thanks. They aren't a great deal different to the kind of problems faced in my home country.

If you really care for your area, you should be grateful that people like me aren't put off by the lack of a polluting air service and use environmentally sound means of getting there and then getting about the area.

 

[kea]

incidentally, there are other airlines which also fly from cornwall to london, including -

http://www.airsouthwest.com/newquay-london.shtml
4 flights a day, every day of the week!!

 

[editor]

Why not drive to Exeter in your 4x4 and catch a plane from there?

Or even - gasp! - get a train to Plymouth and catch a plan from there?

 

[Spion]

incidentally, there are other airlines which also fly from cornwall to london, including -

http://www.airsouthwest.com/newquay-london.shtml
4 flights a day, every day of the week!!

how dare you provide facts that might get in the way of a good old bout of cornish whinging!

 

[kea]

Or Use Another Airline As My Post Above Demonstrates!!!!


edit: the airport website also has flights by bmibaby, monarch and skybus incidentally.

 

[editor]

edit: the airport website also has flights by bmibaby, monarch and skybus incidentally.

I'm beginning to feel sorry for the those poor "third class citizens" nearby who must have to put up with the endless racket and the pollution from all these flights taking off from Newquay!

 

[kea]

not to mention the rumble of trains as they roll back and forth across the cornish countryside! oh and the national express buses ... why it must be the most incommunicado outpost in the whole british empire
((((((((((poor cornish people)))))))))))))

 

[WasGeri]

I've been going to Cornwall since before you were born

How is that possible?

 

[madzone]

incidentally, there are other airlines which also fly from cornwall to london, including -

http://www.airsouthwest.com/newquay-london.shtml
4 flights a day, every day of the week!!

Quite right Kea. The cheapest ticket being £56 pp each way. Somewhat more expensive than Ryanair's £5 a each way

 

[madzone]

ie. 'i don't have an answer'.

*hands up* No, I don't have an answer Kea. I post a small moan, fuelled by disappointment at not being able to go on the trip I planned, which then turns into a smug London fuckers versus the yokels bitchfest.

 

[kea]

Quite right Kea. The cheapest ticket being £56 pp each way. Somewhat more expensive than Ryanair's £5 a each way

ah ok so it's not that there's only one flight a day you're complaining about, it's that the flights aren't cheap enough for you?