Question for Rural dwellers.

Section62

MalMonroe said:

stuart45 said:

Life in the country is different to the town. People dislike townies moving to the country and rewriting the rules.

That's not true! I live in the country and my neighbours and I are very welcoming of everyone. Nobody, in all the time I've been living in the country, has ever tried to rewrite any 'rules' because we don't have any!

I was born in the countryside and spent the first half of my life there.  My family still live in the countryside.  I would say stuart45 is spot on.

I would give parking on the road as another example of the 'rules'.  In towns it is normal for people to park on the road outside their house unless there's a council imposed restriction with yellow lines etc.  Town people park blocking footways, driveways and making the road so narrow that only a car can squeeze through the gap.

In the countryside the 'rule' is often not to park on the road unless it is a location where it is already the accepted 'norm' to park on the road.  If you have off street parking (e.g. a garage) you should use it for parking not for storing junk and dumping your car(s) on the road instead. If you do need to park on the road you do so without ever causing obstruction, because in the countryside the consequences of an ambulance or lorry or tractor which can't squeeze through the gap will be far more serious than Tarquin being 2 minutes late for school because the neighbour's SUV is blocking the (urban) driveway.

In the countryside people are expected to park safely and considerately without the need for yellow and white lines everywhere, and a council parking enforcement officer is a very rare sight.  This is despite the Highway Code 'rules' applying equally in town and countryside.

If you arrive in the countryside around here and decide to rewrite the 'rules' about parking on the road then the welcome will be less generous and you won't get much sympathy if your wing mirror attachment points start mysteriously failing on a regular basis (which will happen until the message is understood).

Ebe_Scrooge

Catsacor said:

In my part of the countryside, townies move in complain about the farmyard smells ..... and believe 'something should be done' to reduce it   ......... honestly, i ask you ......🙄🙄🙄🙄🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

We had exactly the same thing in our village just recently.  Someone recently moved in from miles away, then began spouting off on Facebook about the smell of muck-spreading, the sheep in the fields waking him up with their early-morning bleating, being woken up by the church bells on a Sunday morning, and get this - suggesting that tractors should only use the roads at restricted times as they slowed him down!  I mean, come on - he must have known he was moving to a rural area where farming is the main industry?  It really does beggar belief!

in_my_wellies

I have no problem with a well timed bonfire, i.e. dry material which won't smoulder for hours, wind in the right direction, not at 2pm on a Sunday afternoon when neighbours are outside enjoying their garden, neighbours washing not on the line, no windows open (in case the wind changes direction) 

I hope my neighbour reads this

Woolsery

I'm the source of about 5 big bonfires per year, but with reasonably close neighbours and our good selves taking up 180 degrees of the space around the usual fire site I have to watch the winds. In the other 180 degrees I have abour 225m of my own property to dissipate smoke, so it doesn't often go beyond that.

The trick is to choose a breezy day and get the thing started with dry material. After about an hour the fire becomes so hot it consumes any woody stuff with hardly any smoke. With hedge laying and reduction I've always a few bus-sized piles of cut material at the end of winter. Shredding it would require a machine I don't have, and then I'd be stuck with a load of chips for years. Far better to have a couple of good bonfires and clear it all in a couple of hours.

olgadapolga

Ebe_Scrooge said:

Catsacor said:

In my part of the countryside, townies move in complain about the farmyard smells ..... and believe 'something should be done' to reduce it   ......... honestly, i ask you ......🙄🙄🙄🙄🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

We had exactly the same thing in our village just recently.  Someone recently moved in from miles away, then began spouting off on Facebook about the smell of muck-spreading, the sheep in the fields waking him up with their early-morning bleating, being woken up by the church bells on a Sunday morning, and get this - suggesting that tractors should only use the roads at restricted times as they slowed him down!  I mean, come on - he must have known he was moving to a rural area where farming is the main industry?  It really does beggar belief!

My parents live in a village next to an army training area. The training area is not secret by any means. The "townies" frequently complain about the amount of noise due to firing, shelling, army trucks through the village, helicopters, etc.

Woolsery

olgadapolga said:

Ebe_Scrooge said:

Catsacor said:

In my part of the countryside, townies move in complain about the farmyard smells ..... and believe 'something should be done' to reduce it   ......... honestly, i ask you ......🙄🙄🙄🙄🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

We had exactly the same thing in our village just recently.  Someone recently moved in from miles away, then began spouting off on Facebook about the smell of muck-spreading, the sheep in the fields waking him up with their early-morning bleating, being woken up by the church bells on a Sunday morning, and get this - suggesting that tractors should only use the roads at restricted times as they slowed him down!  I mean, come on - he must have known he was moving to a rural area where farming is the main industry?  It really does beggar belief!

My parents live in a village next to an army training area. The training area is not secret by any means. The "townies" frequently complain about the amount of noise due to firing, shelling, army trucks through the village, helicopters, etc.

I can vouch for the fact that if one is fishing by the river, listening to it rushing, admiring nature and thinking what a lovely isolated spot it is, some dudes with a Chinook at almost zero feet can turn things into brown trouser time in a matter of seconds!

jackieblack

A colleague of mine recently had their house sale fall through a few days before EoC when the buyers (townies) pulled out because they realised there was no Deliveroo/UberEats/JustEat delivery service out in these particular sticks

Gavin83

babyblade41 said:

Country lass here born & bred ,it's not for everyone & those coming in from town can take ages to adjust.

There aren't many  rules but as long as no one uses poisons , can accept  wildlife (especially badgers) run off with food bins , deer lay down & just look at you as you're walking the dogs & keep dogs on a lead as farmers don't like their live stock chased & will shoot them if they catch them .

Strange noises at night (it's when the countryside comes alive )

Fires aren't too much of a bother , the smoking dung heap gets a bit iffy sometimes but basically life is a lot slower & no one ever rushes 

I know someone who lent their dog to a dopey relative. They took it for a walk, off the lead (even though they were told to keep it on the lead at all times) and it ended up killing a sheep. Somewhat luckily the farmer wasn't present so the dog didn't get shot but I can totally appreciate why farmers don't particularly like dogs on their land. To be fair to the relative they did knock on the farmers door and own up to it, although the farmer took the !!!!!! so they didn't end up paying anything in the end.

I think a lot of the complaints on this thread apply to people moving within cities/towns as well. It's amazing the amount of people who move next to a school/pub/cathedral and then complain about the noise. So I'm not really sure it's a case of "townies" moving to the country, it's just generally entitled people.

Thumbs_Up

As we all know new housing estates are popping up all around the countryside practically in prime agriculture farmland. 

Here is the paradox, some people want to escape the urban sprawl in London to enjoy the beauty of the countryside. Unfortunately some will bring their filthy ways with them that will certainly have a impact on the locals.

But who are the “locals” ? I am not talking about the born and bred type who live in the hamlets, the shires, and the quaint picture box villages. I am talking about the “locals” who moved to the countryside to a so called new housing estate 20 years ago and enjoyed the unspoilt countryside views from their windows, but now complain because of mission creep that the majestic views will now be spoiled by further housing estates in the very near future.

Discuss.

FreeBear

Section62 said: If you arrive in the countryside around here and decide to rewrite the 'rules' about parking on the road then the welcome will be less generous and you won't get much sympathy if your wing mirror attachment points start mysteriously failing on a regular basis (which will happen until the message is understood).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-60260155 - Well worth watching the video