To have a bonfire at night?

[089ville]

Not now but next week when the temperature goes back to a cool 12 degrees at night. I'm burning brambles and garden waste that has been drying for a few weeks so not much smoke and will do it at 11pm once most people have gone to bed with the windows shut on a night with a clear winds so the smoke mostly drifts up.

On the outskirts of a town. Would you think this is ok? I have so much to get rid of and it's so prickly and difficult to even get in the car to take to the tip

You can’t please everyone, so just get on and do it.

We have 2 acres, so we probably burn once a week or so

In places where bonfires are permitted, the rules are usually that it is done at night. So night makes perfect sense in that respect.

However - even if you are very careful to avoid setting light to the area immediately around the fire, you can't control what the little bits that float off will do, and in the current level of dryness, that could be catastrophic.

So I'd wait until it's back to normal summer when it's cold and has pissed down repeatedly - just cover the stuff you want to burn and then make sure there's nothing living in it when it comes to the fire.

If it's not a night for sitting out, then I would do it mid-evening. But then I am a bit of a pyromaniac!

I'd let the neighbours know though. Also, given how dry it will have been, the fire will probably only last about ten minutes!

Where I live you need to check with the fire dept and get a burn permit.
If your brambles and debris is drying so is all the surrounding greenery/grasses.
I presume you’re aware to not go to bed until it’s fully out and to douse the ashes?

Get someone with a van to take it to the tip, a one off.

The stench of burning is nauseating, asthma is affected in this household by smoke and we would have to shut all the windows. Pollution is bad enough, no need to burn waste.

Can't you take it all to the tip? Bonfires are so antisocial, but especially in this weather.

I don't think getting a van to pick it up in several loads will be better for the environment with all that diesel fumes. Burning it will just release the same C0 it would by decomposing?

Anyway it's still way too warm for this all.

It's not in a huge pile and can just burn a little at a time in a controlled manner across an evening , the brambles will last seconds each
It seems some are hugely bothered by a few puffs of Woodfire smoke and others don't care at all

Why can’t you chop it up to compost? I live semi country and if a neighbor asked me would I mind I’d say yes and I’d drown them with a hose too. Either compost or pay someone with a van.

YABU.

Our neighbours had a bonfire going all day yesterday, we couldn’t dry clothes and had to keep our windows closed despite the heat. Next door but one is doing it today, so same again. I think it’s selfish and wading in to CF territory.