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Possession

I very much doubt the council is allowing them to keep 2 horses in the garden. Certainly you are not allowed to keep any livestock - not even chickens - on our estate, which isn't even council. I can't imagine their rules are less strict. Definitely report. Apart from anything else it isn't fair on the horses to be in a back garden.

kidcat

jem - ((hugs)) its a common tale here for SEN parents to have these kind of journeys, and to me its a sign that something is very wrong with the system, it adds such stress to already stressed parents.
As for your local farm, there is no way they have permission for that in a council house so I would report them, however knowing how awful our area are at dealing with these things - two/three years is the norm I would second the idea of RSPCA as well.
Of course you could go the other way and advertise free entry to the new local attraction - bet that would get authorities out there quickly

shegar

SAVINGQUEEN............thanks for your kind words, well I get down at times , but it doesnt seem to last , I find a bit more strength mentally and physically , and a way I go again...............I will take each hospital appointment as it comes and get on with them, well at least I wake up every morning so thats a definate bonus.................:eek:

Ive always had a sense of humour , I can give it and take it , they dont make em like us oldens anymore do they.??..:eek:
Ive been up since 6 , done 2 loads washing, cleaned house, done hubby, done wee bit food shopping , then went outside and mucked my hens out , watered, fed , dug a small bit soil for them to scratch over...........Its quite nice here , sunny and very very warm, did have rain overnight .........

JEM..........Thats not good at all with the neighbours, Ive got 42 hens , but they have their own bit which is fenced off properly, no rubbish laying about to bring vermin in , and I have a reasonable size garden , but to have what you are saying in a small terraced house is madness, get on the phone to enviromental health, council, and whoever you can think of , it must be horrendous smell, horses have their won smell , but to have it literally on your doorstep isnt good.............And dogs barking :eek:, that would drive me insane .........................I hope you soon get something sorted to the relevant authorities , before you go mad......Sheila

floss2

jem132 wrote: »

...Next door have got the farm back up and running and it's driving me mad
Chickens and bloody cocks crowing and cockadoaldooing at all hours 2 bloody horses in the garden not to mention the 2 lots of puppies under the stairs that cry and bloody wimper at all hours. And 6 bloody dogs barking like mad and he's just informed me he's got 2 more lots of pups due next week arhhhhh.
All this in his 2 bedroom terraced council house. How can I sell my house when it smells like a farm outside and in if I open the windows....

Ring your local housing office and ask for a home visit - you can then discuss your neighbour's animals AND your desire for a larger property, and they will see/hear/smell exactly what you have to live with.

savingqueen wrote: »

...DH is really struggling with his last year at college and all the homework. One of the tutors is a real c*w and more or less threw his homework back at him last night saying it was rubbish. :eek: I am appalled, he is trying so hard and to be humiliated like that in front of the class. He needs encouragement going back to study in his mid 40s (has virtually no qualifications) whilst juggling a demanding job, a long commute and family life with 2 young children. He is saying he is going to jack the course in. I said he should give himself a few days at least to mull it over and talk it through with me. I know he thinks I am struggling at the moment and he will be busy studying every weekend til the summer so won't be able to help me much. I don't want him packing it in for me, I will manage somehow....

SQ, ask your DH to speak to his personal tutor or even better the head of department and request an apology and some respect from that atrociously rude tutor, she would kick up a right fuss if he or any other student spoke to her in that way. (just a thought but maybe she should be made to stand up in class and have her work thrown back st her whilst being told it's rubbish, see how she likes it.)

Pooky

Jem - I've seen some decent sized gardens in terrace houses before but not one big enough to house 2 horses. The RSPCA would be round like a shot, The dog issue worries me too, I'm assuming they're selling the pups on? The RSPCA and the council need to be informed.

We had a severe storm here last night, lots of flash flooding in the area. It supposed to have brightened up this afternoon but it's blowing a hoolie and pee'ing it down....so muggy though, very uncomfortable.

mardatha

We had all that the last couple days Pooks and today is sunny warm and calm.
I'm fighting off severe rattyness as the family have a few probs ongoing just now and everybody has suddenly turned into rottweilers.. Being calm and capable outSide and mentally ripping heads off inside ...
Ohmmmbloodyohmmmmmmmmm
*Is a wee sweet old lady really. Honestly.*

savingqueen

thanks floss for your advice. DH works for a Uni so knows what to do and is usually good at standing up for himself but this woman has dented his confidence in an area he feels vulnerable in. If it was the kids I could get involved but DH must sort this out himself. No personal tutor but I guess he could go higher. I don't think he will, he is too embarrassed. On a similar thought to yours, he would never speak to a student at his workplace (he isn't a tutor) like that.

sq

fuddle

Your message was just what I needed pinkdebtster and that is where we're headed is nice, quiet and calm with good schools. It's absolutely the right thing to do for us it's just getting there is going to be weeks worth of stress, upset and uncertainty.

cornishchick

Hi guys just popping in to say hello from my posh hotel room,
we were given two nights stay at the same hotel we had our honeymoon in, as a wedding anniversary present, and decided as i wasn't working to use them.
Well the meals are amazing, well posh, if like me your normal meal out is chips:)
They serve a bread and tapas type thing with some weird vegetable shot, can't remember what it was called, but it's like a shot glass of thin soup. It was gross, lol
then a starter, I had goats cheese mouse, hubba had ham terrine, he said it was like posh corn beef.
Mains was chicken for me, served with about a tea spoon off the finely chopped savoy and a sprig of broccoli. Hubs had venison.
then a cheese board for my pudding, love cheese, and there was some excellent local cheeses available.
Then coffee in the lounge with plus fours..... more mini bits of pudding. By then I was so full I fell asleep sitting there.
Come up to our room and realised we had a tin roof outside and the rain was hammering down. Lucky hubs sleeps through anything. And I love the sound
just for the record, also sleep in the nude, and get hot in bed so have to have all of me uncovered, except my rear, . No matter how hot I have to have that part covered by a sheet lol
Today , up at 8 for a full English, the back to our room where we promptly fell asleep, work at 1 to drive to Tavistock for some lunch, and a wonder around the market, before heading back across the foggy but still stunning moors, where hubby again fell asleep in our room.
more posh grub booked for 7 so think iwill curl up next to hubby and have a snooze.
Hugs to all. X C C

katieowl_2

*Blushes furiously.

There was just a really grumpy hammering on the door, and as I got up to open it I saw there was a white van outside, and I assumed it was DS home early cos' it's friday - boss drops him off. So I stomped up to the door shouting "Alright, Alright I'm F'ing coming! I've only got LITTLE LEGS!" and opened the door to a delivery driver, holding my new book

Heads up on the book though, from the Book People. Free delivery till tonight - code : GIFTDEL until midnight today. It's called Sweet things, by Annie Rigg and there are lots of goodies in there that would make FAB Xmas pressies for people who like choccies and sweeties.

Pop's recipe for cranberry, banana and oat loaf is fab. I used oil instead of marge, and substituted the flour for 1 cup Chickpea flour and 1/2 Dove farm plain GF. Super nommy! Not too sweet and the little bursts of cranberry are lovely.

Dog needed ear drops X 2 sorts at the vet as well as her vaccinations, £83! :mad: Got to go back in three weeks

Kate