VOG 2005 New Thread

Happy Christmas July Meet - Don't get to near the Christmas tree then, don't want to scald the fairy! :)

Zengas, as an impoverished Farmer/Landowner I have to take issue with anology comparing us to narrow minded investors who don't see the bigger picture!!! Actually we are more like the Russians without the expertise or capital (no jokes) for development. Of all my colleagues who have been lucky enough to work their way successfully through our archaic planning laws, the ones who have had a nice life are those who have taken the £10m cheque from the developers. Those that went into parnership with them in the hope of £12m sometime in the future have gone grey in a year often in the bankruptcy courts trying to pin down renegade builders who have fled with half built "luxury maisonettes" on their land.