some must carry tools as they like to cut fences
The countryside
- Thread starter Kevtherev
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I had one gobshite last year, carrying a saw to "modify" a couple of styles he didnt like....
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SilliamWhale
Member
Well......no.
Pembs National park have a team of blokes with strimmers keeping paths open AYR.
No money for filling in road potholes nor refuse collection mind.
But that brings a lot of visitors in (who pay)
Pembs potholes are way fewer than a lot of counties -went to Shropshire this weekend and some roads are dreadful.
SilliamWhale
Member
Was it flooded in the past or is it artificial flood?
What was the initial reason for the footpath?
One in the local parish is an aerosol that carries spray cans to paint over my signs.
- Location
- Ledbury, Herefordshire
Well......no.
Pembs National park have a team of blokes with strimmers keeping paths open AYR.
No money for filling in road potholes nor refuse collection mind.
I might be wrong, but aren't they two different bodies - the national Park authority for the former and the council for the latter?
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- Location
- Somerset UK
If everything gets re wilded it’s going to cost the electric companies a fortune to trim back the branches.
farmerm
Member
- Location
- Shropshire
contact your local footpath officer and they might supply them for you...
is spell checker not working " arsehole"One in the local parish is an aerosol that carries spray cans to paint over my signs.
Do you know, around here, they have bounced up and down and made so much noise as of lately to not have the verges cut And make a real big thing about planting flowers and leaving things to grow for bees, also completely kicking off when anybody cuts the hedges because the birds could be nesting. Great not knocking making space for wild life I’m all for it..
But then the same sorts of people, this is on local Facebook pages, but these sorts of people are then whingeing when they can’t get down the footpath because they getting stung by nettles, or Fido is getting scratched by the brambles, they then also moan about, two months later that they can’t to see to get out of certain junctions, or how that the road is so dangerous, and also the fact that there is so many Hedgehogs and wildlife squashed on the sides of the road, “what do they expect when they make a habitat for them right next door to that”, so in relation to this I no doubt they will expect all of the footpath to be kept like Kew Gardens but fields to be a wildlife “ I mean overgrown mess that nothing can actually thriving in” But they be able to view this from there well mode little access points
On some land that we rent they moaned because they couldn’t get across some areas when it was wet, there and watermeadows, they have now actually built a bridge of about 100 yards so that they can go across these railway sleepers to get to the dry bits! they have even put in special points for the dogs to be allowed access through the fence, great when you have little lambs! the council and the public raise money to have these put in
But then the same sorts of people, this is on local Facebook pages, but these sorts of people are then whingeing when they can’t get down the footpath because they getting stung by nettles, or Fido is getting scratched by the brambles, they then also moan about, two months later that they can’t to see to get out of certain junctions, or how that the road is so dangerous, and also the fact that there is so many Hedgehogs and wildlife squashed on the sides of the road, “what do they expect when they make a habitat for them right next door to that”, so in relation to this I no doubt they will expect all of the footpath to be kept like Kew Gardens but fields to be a wildlife “ I mean overgrown mess that nothing can actually thriving in” But they be able to view this from there well mode little access points
On some land that we rent they moaned because they couldn’t get across some areas when it was wet, there and watermeadows, they have now actually built a bridge of about 100 yards so that they can go across these railway sleepers to get to the dry bits! they have even put in special points for the dogs to be allowed access through the fence, great when you have little lambs! the council and the public raise money to have these put in
- Location
- Lincolnshire
It was originally Sandy heathland. It wasn’t flooded since it was drained 300 years ago. Before that it would probably have laid wet in winter but it’s unlikely the water would have got to any depth. The forestry commission bought it in the 1950’s and between tree roots and lack of maintenance the drainage system fell into disrepair. Now, to finish the job they are deliberately blocking up the main arterial watercourses that flow through it.
The initial reason for all paths here was for workers to get to farms.
toquark
Member
No. It will cost consumers a fortune.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Most people who now use the paths here are dog walkers : the type that retire to the area on a public sector pension, buy three large dogs and spend the next twenty inflicting them on the locality. Natural areas would be far better off without them or any other intrusion from the public but “public goods” means a multitude of different things to different people. To politicians the countryside is something you use to win urban votes by promising open access and amenities. They couldn’t care less that’s it’s somebody’s private property. They couldn’t care less about the different sorts of pollution and nuisance it causes.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Ramblers are fairly rare now. I don’t think your average citizen now has the stamina for a day out on a longer walk. I don’t actually mind ramblers. They don’t do the same damage as the dog walkers who walk just far enough for Fido to do his daily dump.
There are the holiday let visitors as well. Sometimes they get as far out as here but most are too hungover after a night on cans and fags “enjoying the countryside” to venture this far. They talk loudly and usually leave some kind of litter.
Keep em out.
There are the holiday let visitors as well. Sometimes they get as far out as here but most are too hungover after a night on cans and fags “enjoying the countryside” to venture this far. They talk loudly and usually leave some kind of litter.
Keep em out.
- Location
- Wiltshire
For 10 years my herd was housed, during that time I had continued comments about how cruel/bad for health/ wrong etc etc that was. Change of policy and this year they have grazed. Ok not full spring calving grazed 24/7 but milkers out in fields happily munching green stuff.
The people who complained that they were in are now complaining that there is too much cow muck in the fields which their dogs like to eat.
There are times when I wonder where the brain cells have gone, probably destroyed by not eating meat.
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The people who complained that they were in are now complaining that there is too much cow muck in the fields which their dogs like to eat.
There are times when I wonder where the brain cells have gone, probably destroyed by not eating meat.
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- Location
- Lincolnshire
We have kept our area reasonably pleasant. It’s scenic and attractive through careful sympathetic management. But now there is a trend for “entrepreneurs” to buy up anything that comes on the market, stick a hot tub in the back garden and push it for all it’s worth as a holiday let. I’m disappointed that this kind of thing gets planning permission with there being a shortage of housing for locals. I’m disappointed that our lanes are clogged with hen party attendees vehicles and folk are inconvenienced by the general nuisance. And all the while the resource we have created is being exploited by this new “industry” with the blessing of the council. Where do I send the bill for the public goods I am contributing to their business and the inconvenience we must now put up with?
SilliamWhale
Member
Very different
- Location
- Lincolnshire
On a more positive note I was very happy to see this morning the inhabitants of the houses built on our plots erecting a pen for some ducks. All three of the houses were built by younger locals who work in forestry. Right result in my view. Didn’t suit the blue rinse brigade on the Parish Council (which makes it all the more satisfying)
Will SCC do so still?? Still have some put in here by them yonks ago.
But sadly the Telford and Wrekin RoW officer is completely u/s.