Why Exmouth Roadies?

It’s called Exmouth Roadies because I live on Exmouth Road in Budleigh, and because part of the original idea was for our neighbours to benefit from each others’ recommendations about local tradespeople. I wanted it to be on a small local scale because I don’t want to spend all my time glued to a screen. I came to Budleigh to enjoy life in retirement and not embark on a second career as a media magnate. Inevitably it will grow so that it can provide items of interest to people in the Exmouth Road vicinity, all the way from Knowle and along West Hill. It will probably develop as a magazine with all kinds of news items and features, including the occasional rant. However the blog will aim for editorial neutrality to provide a balanced forum for all viewpoints. I hope that it will do its bit to promote local businesses and events in the area.

The search engine at the top left can be useful for locating articles of interest which may be included: just type in ‘music’ ‘chimney’ ‘tick’ or whatever and up will pop the item.

Contributions on the same lines from other Budleigh residents are welcome. In my past life as a teacher in Oundle, Northamptonshire, I helped to run a community newspaper and website as an educational/charitable venture and many of our participants went on to pursue careers in the media; see http://www.oundleschool.org.uk/news/newsItem.php?id=48 and also http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=30215872621 If any students in the Budleigh area with aspirations to a career in journalism would like to contribute to Exmouth Roadies, please email me at the address below.

If you'd like to join the restricted Exmouth Roadies facebook group, read more news and see the faces behind the stories, email me: mr.downes@gmail.com

Enjoy the read! It could get massive!

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