Complaining about Village life?

Whaaat? Now that is completely batshit!

I know folk have complained about a neighbour’s donkey braying at 5 am, but never about ponies braying! I mean it simply doesn’t happen that often.

we have neighbours who moved into a house next to a field of ponies, constantly moaning about the neighing and that they should be brought into a (non-existent) stable at night time).

I’m sorry that hunts are getting such a bad rap on this thread. My experiences with the local hunts I’ve known have been very different. They usually have a public liaison person who you get to know.

We’ve had two local hunts on our land in the past and they have always repaired any damage to fences or hedges meticulously and left it better than when they started! They also picked up dead stock for us.

They have always apologised very profusely if hounds ended up where they shouldn’t, but most country people understand they are not robots and let’s face it, a lot of town folk struggle to control one dog on a leash, never mind 14 or so running free.

Nor will I ever understand this wierd hierarchy of animals that some people seem to hold in their heads. That foxhounds, lambs and poultry are somehow expendable, but badgers, foxes and grey squirrels are entitled to a protected natural life. Who gets to decide which animal’s life is “worth” more than another? And based on what criteria? Whether they are cute enough to appear in a John Lewis advert?

The point is that all of them should be able to enjoy as natural a life as possible within the current balance of nature.

please enlighten me, I’m genuinely baffled

I am genuinely baffled by your post. I have always lived in rural villages with active 'notice boards' and people don't complain about these things at all. The three examples you chose in your opening post are quite generic, tbf. The kind of thing AI might come up with when thinking of examples of rural strife.

I don't know - a heads up on fb for when the fields are about to be sprayed, would be nice. Would save people from hanging their washing out on those days.

No one should have poor internet speed in this day and age - it's an essential now and just because people live in a village, we shouldn't have to just accept poor provision from internet providers.

Obviously moaning about tractors and cows mooing is just batshit crazy behaviour

@brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Any newcomers with children need to be warned about how useless the school is!

@DustyLee123
I've called the police for a man with a gun in a field before BUT I have always lived rurally and therefore knew that this wasn't the norm for that location. It turned out to be a group of hare coursers so both police & landowner were grateful I did call! Police round here actively encourage you to call in anything that could be suspicious so I can see why a newcomer might end up calling in the farmer as a concern 🤣

please enlighten me, I’m genuinely baffled

This almost sounds like bait from a Daily Mail journalist looking for townie shaming stories.

As someone who grew up in a village, and who now still lives in one in a very agricultural area, I disagree that people shouldn't complain about WI-fi. Just because you live rurally, doesn't mean the connection will be, or should be crap. An important part of stimulating local economic activity, and something that is often on local politicians' agendas, is making sure that rural areas are not left behind in this way. They need to ensure this so that more people will stay and live in those areas, be it young people working remotely, or older people who need to stay connected digitally to ease their isolation.

As @Clemally would attest to, it's not always possible to predict how good or bad the wi-fi will be based on how rural it is. Some places will surprise you.

@DustyLee123 That's funny but not at all surprising.

quaint traditional cottage with large windows, lots of light

Yes that definitely wouldn't be traditional one then! @FKATondelayo

@Brokendaughter I was brought up in the Welsh countryside but have lived in a city or urban areas for a long time. One of the things that used to annoy me was when people from Manchester and surrounding areas would speak to me as if they were so cultured, so experienced, so open minded compared to my obviously Welsh, countryside thicko ways. This grated me because they were the same type of people who clearly liked sticking to and socialising with other people from their exact area, treating anyone else (including other English people just from outside their area) like they were an outsider. And I mean, God forbid if you were from the south of England!!😱 I found the arrogance, the lack of awareness both frustrating and amusing at the same time.

There was a post this weekend on a local town's page complaining that there are no food delivery services "its the dark ages" etc.

People also complain that there are no large supermarkets in the town and that the bus doesn't run on a Sunday.

Don't people research this stuff before they move somewhere? If you want everything that a large town or city offers, why move to a small town/village?

In our village we have had complaints about the church bells. Then when there is a wedding and they can't get bell ringers they wonder why?....

People complaining about tractors is the worst. We had so much rain this year, that the farmers had a very small window to do hay etc, and were working until the early hours to get the job done.

If you don't want farming noise, don't live in a rural area!

Actually, one of the worst things, is people assuming that they can walk their dogs wherever they want and let them shit wherever they want. They complain if the farmer asks them to stop/pick up the dog mess. Farmers have had field gates left open with animals escaping onto the road (which somebody else then complains about obviously..)

I live near a long standing working quarry, our Facebook page has periodic posts from newcomers complaining about the noise of blasting and the rumble. They all think their newly bought houses will fall down, houses that have withstood hundreds of years of blasting, also that we have no mains gas (again because of the quarries). You have to drive by these busy quarries to get to the village, did they think that they all use a pickaxe?

These local FB groups are mind-boggling. I grew up in a valley surrounded by sheep farms, there have always been sheep and the occasional cow milling about since my grandparents' days and probably long before. But still every couple of days there's someone apparently shocked and baffled to see a sheep in a garden or in a road that backs onto grazing land. Even better are the comments about how the farmers should take better care of them/how cold and wet the sheep must be 🤣

It would be understandable from the new residents who moved up during Covid, but a lot of these are repeated posts by people I went to school with. Our school field always had sheep wandering onto it! Arghhhh

Haven't read all the comments but the hunt is only allowed on your land if you let them. They have been told in no uncertain terms they aren't welcome at ours!
Edit: for the person who has the hunt trash their land *

When I lived on the outskirts of a hamlet, some idiotic Londoners (Londoners was how they introduced themselves to everyone, before proceeding to explain how cultured their children were due to the very important London upbringing) threw a complete tantrum when the farmer who owned the fields around their house laughed in their faces at the mothers demand he clean up the sheep droppings in his field as it made it unsanitary for her kids to play in.

She also complained the smell of the animals was ruining her time in the garden & expected he'd clear the fields on all sides.
Their kids got ticks as they kept going in the fields which were not public land & had no right of way & the whole family went mental.

They didn't last long.

I am a creature of the suburbs, but in retirement we have moved to a semi-rural area - edge of small town with countryside all round, 2 miles to next habitation territory.

We are getting used to the agricultural aromas and occasional late night tractors. It’s only for a few days, when they’re silaging - see, we’re learning the lingo! I drive for the community transport scheme, and my “small lanes” driving has come on leaps and bounds. I can cope with the road being temporarily blocked by sheep and cattle. We do have fast broadband, though - best of both worlds.

One thing I’m glad of is that fox hunting is banned, because if that was going on round here I would really struggle. They do shoot, though.

Ha, we have a field in the village. Lady bought a house and then complained the cows were standing and watching her, and worst of all they smelt, of cows, who’d of thought! She was told by ‘the village’ to get used to it, as the rest of the street look forward to them being out there!
She said they weren’t there when she viewed the house, well no, they’re in the barns in winter.

I very much support the military but a bit of advance warning, when possible, for those of us on horse back, would be much appreciated.

people moaning so much about the dust from the combine (they live on the edge of fields) that the farmer now has to announce when he's doing it

That is a very patient farmer! Who needs an announcement? Just shut your windows when you hear the combine FFS.

Harvesting isn't generally something you can do on prearranged dates and, when it is the right time, it's often all hands to the pumps. I don't think they need to be thinking about facebook messages so Mrs Smith on the new estate doesn't have to dust her sideboard again.

Because they’ve moved down from London and think the countryside is there solely for their leisure.

There are plenty of large cities and towns across the country apart from just London, though.

The Cornwall threads always seem to assume that all incomers/complainers are from London - nobody ever moves there from the hamlets of Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham, Cardiff, Reading, Leicester... !

I still do pick it up.

My daughter won't come out with me to dog walk because I carry large plastic bags in case I discover a God-given chunk of this Nature's Bounty.

THIS!

We have it here.

Our street is next to a street containing one primary school, and street and a half away from another. We are also within 15 minute walking distance of the excellent local comprehensive. They are both very good, popular schools - well over-subscribed, and unsurprisingly when properties in the street become available, 99/100, it is a family with young children who buys them. (For full disclosure we are also opposite a park which includes a field set up with football goalposts where all children, including teenagers, are welcome to play. People also walk their dogs.). Opposite this field there are some farmers fields where both wheat is grown, and cattle are fattened.

However, every now and then a couple/ singleton, usually older, moves in. They then complain about :
a) the number of children playing in the street
b) the number of cars parked in the street at school dropping off/ picking up times
c) the number of people passing their houses with a dog (often because it sets their own dog barking)
d) the number of teenagers gathering on the field (to be fair, they aren't always playing football, but that's teenagers for you, and at least their parents have a rough idea where they are and what they are up to).
e) the stench of fertiliser
f) the bellowing of cattle on stormy nights (they do get pretty bellow-ey 😄)

I was also a Reader at a church where people moving into the houses next to it complained about;
a) bells and parking
b) funeral, baptism and wedding services. (bells and parking plus people hanging about for photographs)

Wankers.

Those bird scarers have helped me tremendously, when my border collie wouldn't come back to me. Her recall soon improves when she hears that bang 😅

I've seen a post on MN complaining about riders not picking up their horse poo!

When I was a kid out riding, keen gardeners used to come out with shovels to pick it up for their roses.

edited - should have read the full, thread. not just me then, apologies for duplication

Because they’ve moved down from London and think the countryside is there solely for their leisure. Bloody grockels! Not sure what you can do other than laugh at people like that. 🤷‍♀️

I too live in a rural village and dont understand people complaining about that either! in the country you will always hear shooter or bird scarers! farmers need to protect their crops! And smells are ever present! what is countryside without a herd of smelly cows in a field? what the hell attracted them to the countryside if they dont enjoy their surroundings at all???

Where I live there is a lot of congestion from motorhomes and the village is united in loathing them but we'll turn up to watch particularly slow-moving bulky loads. You get your fun where you can in rural areas. Also hated are speeding holidaymakers who run over pets/hedgehogs/birds.

Never heard the smallest complaint about muckspreading (although we say phoo! to one another sometimes), hay lorries, farm deliveries, mud on the roads (lots of this), congestion caused by tractors or anything else connected with people who make a living farming the land and providing jobs to locals.