You try not to be downhearted by the obvious slippage in standards these days across the board, whether in council or emergency services, how you are treated and what you can actually buy in shops etc but the signs and actualities are there, everything has got worse, everything is struggling to make ends meet.
A week or so ago there was an article in the local paper about an outdoor centre near Chatteris that needs new managers. East Cambs DC the council who want to let the site say the it has officially been a centre since the 1980's.
It is an old gravel pit and a small amount of surrounding land next to a main road it has a few buildings and mainly traded as an activity and water centre. It stopped after a bungled burglary and arson attack in December 2016.
The council say it doesnt want to be unduly prescriptive about what anyone can do but they will need a robust and economically sustainable business plan. They also say ots on a direct bus route and close to stations at March and Ely
For that read you are going to need a lot of luck and deep pockets. Look on the internet such centres are struggling, schools who were a major user cannot afford coaches let alone to send kids out for the day, informal public use needs expoensive insurance and more facilities these days, it also needs somewhere closer to where people are. As to railway stations close, both are at least ten miles away.
Methinks the coucil is clutching at straws and heaven only knows what will become of the site because I am reckoning the council cannot afford to and dont want to run it in any way shape or form.
