SarahBell Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/8109381.stm Upton Towans near St Ives has been put up for auction, with a guide price of £50,000. The new owner will not be able to close off the beach to the public or build on it, but they will be able to admire a picturesque coastline. But auctioneers Colliers expect it to exceed the guide price considerably when it is sold on 13 July. Upton Towans has been owned for the past 19 years by Dennis Arbon, a trustee of the Hall for Cornwall, a performing arts venue in Truro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sillybear2 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/8109381.stmUpton Towans near St Ives has been put up for auction, with a guide price of £50,000. The new owner will not be able to close off the beach to the public or build on it, but they will be able to admire a picturesque coastline. So just the same as everyone else that doesn't own the beach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 So just the same as everyone else that doesn't own the beach He's selling it for charity. It's as sensible a purchase as many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted June 19, 2009 Author Share Posted June 19, 2009 so they could sell of all of it with no rights to block etc and then when global warming means it is udnerwater there's a new coast line to sell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
200p Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 A bit of BBC bias with the headline there. Chinese eye Cornwall beach sale Owners hope the sale will make a six-figure sum Buyers from the US and China have been calling auctioneers about the sale of a 76-acre stretch of Cornish beach. Upton Towans near St Ives has been put up for auction, with a guide price of £50,000. Why not US eye Cornwall beach sale? Guess those evil communist Tibet invaders, are storming the UK beaches! Better rally up the Home Guard Mr Mannering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sillybear2 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 (edited) "We shall fight them on the Chinese owned beaches" One can only imagine the poor buyers are another victim of dodgy Chinglish translation, there's probably a couple of Chinese guys desperate to meet their newly acquired Cornish bitches. Edited June 19, 2009 by sillybear2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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