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Police in Wales step up patrols to stop motorists crossing border
Police in Wales have warned motorists not to leave or enter the nation 'without good reason,' after English crowds flocked to the Brecon Beacons this week.
Yorkshire has been renamed Walkshire for 2021
- Thread starter Johnnyboxer
- Start date
- Location
- Lancashire
Just wish they'd all feck off, crag rats have increased here 10 fold, not respect for the country side, or what's around them, dogs everywhere, dont know whats worse, dogs chasing sheep or the bloody kids, nloody kids need to be an a lead not just dogs, oh there only playing, well feck off and go play in mind field, and take all ya dogshite and rubbish.
The piece and tranquility as all but gone.
Rant over...
The piece and tranquility as all but gone.
Rant over...
- Location
- Exeter, Devon
The shed on the left of the picture is open fronted, and we have a table and honesty box for all kinds of produce, from veg to cakes etc. The leeks sell well. Don’t make a fortune from it, but it’s developing, and a great way to engage in conversation with the passing public.
Hindsight
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- Location
- Lincolnshire
Gracious JB sorry that I offend your sensibilities. I fit into those categories.
Lets have a look at a few of your farmer type prejudices ( I tease, it is a Saturday morning peruse of TFF, so be gentle with a caustic reply). D you struggle with the concept of economic activity? A service economy? Dog walking, lawn cutting, car washing - yes I appreciate these folk are not making or mining anything - horror! A service economy.
Topic - walking dogs. well here in my village there are or now more like were two dog walkers who make a living out of providing this pet service. Their clients are a mix of London / business commuters and older retired less mobile folk (not all wealthy) who want their companion dogs exercised properly. I know that they subsidise one with the other (leave you to work out which way). Their business model has been disrupted badly by Covid as these London commuters work from home and now enjoy walking there dogs during the day.
Have been discussing recently with two farmers setting up a secure dog walking field. Securely fenced. There are a few about. People that a concerned about there dog being attacked. And of course some quite expensive pooches these days. A business opportunity - but do not want to many farmers to join as anticipate rather than high end facilities a race to the bottom with undercutting with minimal facilities provided. As ever is thus.
Car wash - I wash my own car as I am to bloody mean t pay a Pole to wash it. And before the rise of the hand wash joint I also spurned the Car Wash units as I thought them environmentally wrong. But if folk want to pay someone to wash their car, so be it. It is call economic activity.
Anyway good thread to have a dip into.
Best wishes,,
- Location
- Derbyshire
Honesty 'shops' are great. We opened ours 4 yrs ago and it just ticked over. This year (2020) it saved our ice cream diversification and has contributed significantly to the bottom line of our overall business.
What is really good is that a local culture is growing that buying your food local doesn't have to be expensive, but just good and fair value. Within a 10 mile radius of us, there are now at least 8 honesty shops.
One or 2 cases locally of folks being dishonest with the honesty boxes. Hey-ho. Eyes peeled, careful out there, evening all, stay pressed and all that....
- Location
- S E Glos
If you came across a bloke having a pee on the summit etc, would you feel the need to post it on here?
If you came across a bloke having a pee on the summit etc, would you feel the need to post it on here?
Pfft blokes are always getting their wangs out. Not news worthy
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
WalkshireAndrew how does this make you feel? 
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
JD 6610
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- Location
- North Herts
Ah that’s where I have been going wrong. I just offer it back to them for free, but there hasn’t been a great take up. I’ll try charging them instead and let you know how I get on.A real entrepreneur would sell them back their own bags of dogsh!te.
2wheels
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- Location
- aberdeenshire
when i was a schoolboy(in the dark ages) i was sent on a 2mile run for gym. i was running along a foot path when i came upon (maybe should rephrase that bit ) a schoolgirl having a pee. never saw anyone stop the flow and pull up pants so fast.
YorkshireAndrew
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- Location
- West / North Yorks border
I have a very chequered history with walkers . [emoji57]
4course
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- Location
- north yorks
times change, now elite runners just pee on the street in marathons
2wheels
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- Location
- aberdeenshire
some have been known to crap, as shown on tv?
- Location
- Durham, UK
Oh champion so if I go and buy a car off say Nissan I can trapse all over their Sunderland plant, cut the locks on the gates, damage their production line, let my collie poo all over and they can't say a thing to me as they sold me a car.
I was responding to criticism of the campaign. The campaign isn't encouraging anyone to smash locks or damage property, it is encouraging people to go for a walk in the countryside.
A good chunk of ELMS money is going to be for 'public engagement'. If we are clever we can get our hands on that cash for schemes that address the concerns you raise. If we just say "not welcome here, stay at home" then we will get whatever is foisted on us.
Jon 3085
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- Location
- Worcester, UK
Just seen this 
^^^^^^^^'fraid it's got to be this.......
