Every morning I walk my two dogs in the local field/park/grassy area. It's designated for dog walking and has poo bins etc. 99% of the time I don't see anyone, not even another dog walker.
This morning as I got to the gate I was stopped by a teacher who said 'I'm sorry, you won't be able to go into the field as we have the children in there'.
I asked what was happening and she said that the Reception class were having 'Wild Time' and running off some energy.
It's quite a large field and doesn't belong to the school, which is a few minutes walk away.
I said to her that I would keep my dogs (both of whom are very placid and good with children anyway) on the lead until we were well away from the children, but she insisted that I couldn't use the field!
I walked the dogs five times around the much smaller, not-designated-for-dogs park instead, but can't help feeling a bit put-out.