Complaining about Village life?

When i was a kid I lived near a racing stables. When the horses were walking on the road a stable lad cycled behind with a bucket and shovel to pick up any poo. So I grew up thinking that that’s what everyone did !

I well remember people charging out to scoop it up and put it on their roses.

Same here !
It was apparently a 12 bore with telescopic sight ! Not sure what range this person who called the police thinks a 12 bore has got

Kitcatmouse · Today 11:36

My favourite one was someone complaining on the village facebook page about horse riders not picking up the horse poo during their ride from the road/pavements 🙃

There was an amusing thread about this on here some time ago. Posters suggested horses should wear nappies or they should be followed at all,tikes when on the road by someone who should then rush up and pick up the droppings off the road.
It became quite heated with a poster saying ‘I’ve never liked riders - this thread proves I was right”

I was about 12 -possibly younger- and at home by myself for the day (because it’s the countryside!) and the hunt dogs completely overran our garden. I went out and hollered at the dogs which obviously had no effect and then had to run about making sure our cats were inside because I knew hunt dogs will kill cats given the opportunity. Riders gave zero fucks. That was the day I went from being more or less apathetic about the hunt to thinking- nah fuck you. Lots of similar local
sentiment.

tbf buses is a very reasonable complaint. There’s no reason why rural settlements should be completely cut off from public transport networks other than lack of profit. It’s not ‘inevitable’. I also think the upthread comment about residents in new estates complaining about there not being a supermarket or petrol station is a bit unreasonable. It’s a failure of planning that happens all over the place; housing estates going up with no conveniences. It just forces individuals into cars which causes traffic and pollution etc. Just build a shop.

This is a wonderful thread!

The complaints about seagulls happening to be in a neighbour's garden randomly reminded me of the old joke about the person who went into a pet shop assuming that the fly in the window was for sale!

We live in a small town, rather than a village, but what always baffles me is the people who put 30mph stickers on their bins.

I obviously don't have a problem with them reminding drivers of the speed limit - although they're on roads where nobody can ever get up to anything approaching 30 anyway - but what I don't understand is why this crucial safety measure is only relevant on bin day, and apparently doesn't matter the other six days. Why not put a sign up on your fence/wall, so that it's there permanently?

I also sometimes wonder if the people who live at number 30 ever get complaints from randomers, who lack the ability to put two and two together, when the people at number 64 with the 30mph sign on their bin have left it blocking the pavement!

If they are on your land they are hunting illegally anyway. Its meant to be all pre-laid trails they are hunting now, not live animals. Point that out to them.

I have a friend who recently bought one of the first houses to be ready on a new development. She's now complaining about the noise the builders are making finishing the rest of the houses!! Bonkers.

My favourite Escape to the Country episodes are the couples who want "a quaint traditional cottage with large windows, lots of light, open plan kitchen with room for an island and 12 seated dining table, close to local amenities like a doctor/supermarket/cinema but away a main road near a village but not in a village."

*historically

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I remember the opposite. Some apartments were built in Mathew St in Liverpool, you know birthplace of The Beatles, The Cavern etc. Historicaia very lively place. Residents complained about the noise 🤣🤣

I also live near an RAF base and locals complain about aircraft flying over. I call that positive noise. Those guys are there to keep us safe.

I live rurally and I just keep myself to myself. You can get too bogged down with the bitching and gossiping.

She might be living outside the U.K., such as in Ireland where different laws apply concerning the local hunts.

Personally I hate them and will what I can to disrupt the bastards and their hounds.

@MrsMontyDon2020

We get airport whiners too, airport opened in 1950's! Also helicopter noise moaning(there's a military refuelling point 2 miles away and on flight path to brize

Sometimes they're a bit poignant. A few years ago, a young family moved into the newbuild estate with a toddler. The mother posted asking why the bus hadn't turned up. She'd been waiting at the stop to take her toddler into a GP appointment. The bus service had been stopped a good year earlier. They only had one car and her husband needed it for work ...

You absolutely do not have to put up with the hunt being on your land. It makes no difference whether you own or rent it. They have no right to be there.
If they come on your land then you can bill them to have the ground put right, fences fixes etc.
You need to contact the hunt master in writing and clearly state that they have no permission to be on your land. Perhaps include a map for clarity.

There are plenty of country people who do not support them. I certainly know of quite a few landowners around here who used to allow them on certain sections of their land, only for the hunt to take the piss and trash other bits of land/fields with livestock in etc.

I moan about the (lack of) buses because the council keeps telling us not to use cars and parking charges in local city are going up and up. Also patchy 4g when next town along got 5g a year ago and we are bigger!

I was just about to post the same thing! I’ve even seen people on Mumsnet complaining about it! Just let it rot down for a bit and bung it on your roses fhs! It’s wonderfully pure stuff!

I think we must have a pretty well established group of country folk as nobody moans about the farming practices on our group.

Main complaints are fireworks and bonfires. Also the hunt that tends to affect another village close by quite often. Parking near the school- which is really bad but has been since I moved there 18 years ago. Speeding through the village is another and more recently a spate of missing cats.

I had this about magpies. They didn't have a cat though, they were just being too noisy

We had someone buy a house next to the farm called Pooh Corner.
They complained about the smell from the farm - a pig farm...

My favourite one was someone complaining on the village facebook page about horse riders not picking up the horse poo during their ride from the road/pavements 🙃

I think you missed my point.

We moved from London to this village over 20 years ago, as I said we love it here and have lots of friends, our own business.

I was pointing out how small minded some of the born and bred villagers were- prejudging new comers and lumping them all into a homogeneous group- a Them vs Us attitude; laughing and gossiping about them and simply refusing to accept them as locals.

I just thought I’d throw a different perspective on this thread.

You’ll always get the usual nutters moaning daily on local FB groups. It’s not representative of the majority of new comers.

Just as the villagers who feel threatened by change to their village and hate new comers are also not representative of most villagers who have been nothing but welcoming and friendly to us.

I'm in a group for a village that was a village years ago but is now bigger than the town I live in. (DC went to school there and all her friends live there, hence joining.) It's the funniest read of my day. Most of the posts are complaining about new houses being built...by people who live in houses built in the last 30 years. They also complain about children playing on the playing fields, cats coming into their garden, the milkman...