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To think people shouldn't walk to my village?

390 replies

Bohwens · 21/04/2020 13:57

Hello,

With the knowledge that this will make me sound quite snooty, I firstly apologise and explain it is because I worry for my own and family's safety as we are all asthmatic and at heightened risk from COVID-19.

We live in a very pretty little village, in a small conservation area in a semi rural location. We are about 2 miles from the nearest modern housing estate. Usually, the lane through the village has a couple of regular dog walkers.

Now that we are lockdown and people are getting out to exercise in the sun (great), the lane is like a motorway. There is a constant stream of people from the housing estate coming for their walk to the village. I understand it must be dull to walk around a modern housing estate. Over 500m there were 30 people. Usually you might see 1. We can't even go for a short walk without risk of coming into contact with people.

Entire large families are coming with 5-6 children out of control on bikes etc, treating the lane past our houses like a park. I've spotted people touching our walls, gates etc, even caught one nosing in the garden!

Many of these people are not staying into the side to observe social distancing, and have dogs off the lead that need to be fetched away.

AIBU to think people should stick to their own areas for their exercise? In a way, I something feel that if they wanted beautiful walks outside their front-door they should have coughed up the extra £100k to live here...

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Bluesheep8 · 21/04/2020 15:04

*MaidenMotherCrone

As long as they haven't touched your bush you'll be fine Op.*

Fine words! Grin

speakout · 21/04/2020 15:04

Love it- thanks OP. You have given me a chuckle.

onanothertrain · 21/04/2020 15:05

Maybe they could afford the extra 100,000 but choose not to live next to such a snobby bitch

LaLaLandIsNoFun · 21/04/2020 15:05

you Sound lovely, OP.

Tell you what, since you have oodles of money to have forked out an extra £100k to actually believe you have exclusivity to your village, why don’t you pop a bit of petrol in the tank and take a little pootle to somewhere where you can avoid the ruff raff?

FlamingoAndJohn · 21/04/2020 15:06

On another but similar note - I know someone who refused to buy a beautiful well priced house because you could see an Aldi in the distance from the attic window!! Wonder if Waitrose would have been ok?

Wasn’t there a small town that gave planning permission to a Waitrose only for an Aldi to by built in its place? They were not happy.

Samtsirch · 21/04/2020 15:06

That’s you told then OP.
😂😆🤣

CHIRIBAYA · 21/04/2020 15:07

Sorry to hear you and your family have asthma. On the positive side though I'm sure you are all appreciating how much cleaner the air is for EVERYONE right now. So I hope you are not going to be hypocritical and jump back on planes or hop into your car when this is all over, especially when you are intruding on someone elses local area.

LEELULUMPKIN · 21/04/2020 15:09

If this IS real some people are really showing their true colours during this time aren't they?

Nasty, nasty, nasty.

I for one have been enjoying seeing all the new people, children and dogs going past my house and shock, horror have actually smiled and spoken to many!

You clearly need to light your torches and sharpen your pitchfork to keep "the estate people" probably many who are running key services, keeping you safe and fed, out OP.

Either that or appreciate not everyone is as lucky as you and Thank your lucky stars for what you have.

SoldiersinPetticoats · 21/04/2020 15:10

Perhaps you and your w villagers can error a check point at one end of the lane and check people’s bank statements and payslip before letting them past? Or just wave them past with no checks if they have a cockerpoo?

canyouseethesea · 21/04/2020 15:11

Wow, what a nasty person you sound.

hendersonhen · 21/04/2020 15:12

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SaffyWall · 21/04/2020 15:12

There's a small village on the edge of the town I live in which is similarly accessible by people walking from a new housing estate (and the town too). The villagers have gone so far as to put up signs telling people not to enter and to stay away which has caused a fair bit of controversy and upset many people (the local FB groups went wild!). This village does lots of fund raising for their facilities - summer fayres/carol concerts etc and is well supported by all the people who live locally, but I imagine their income is about to plummet as they've caused so much bad feeling.

Topseyt · 21/04/2020 15:12

You are clearly a wind-up artist. Or a dreadful snob. Or both.

scarbados · 21/04/2020 15:13

In a way, I something feel that if they wanted beautiful walks outside their front-door they should have coughed up the extra £100k to live here...

I was almost sympathetic to you until you came out with that little gem of up-your-own-arsery.

HandfulOfDust · 21/04/2020 15:13

I live in a pretty village and there are lots more walkers here at the moment. I imagine some of them have driven from the nearest big town (about 5 miles away). As long as they keep their distance I don't begrudge them the nice surroundings. The big town is ugly as hell and I'd be depressed trudging through the concrete every day especially if I had no garden to enjoy.

JudyCoolibar · 21/04/2020 15:13

I take it that, should you get coronavirus, you will make it clear that you only consent to treatment by people on salaries high enough to enable them to buy the more expensive houses in your area?

Bubblewings · 21/04/2020 15:14

Well the last paragraph says it all - it is this reason alone that has got your back up and you have used the worry over the virus as an excuse for your ‘snootiness’.
It is astounding that you believe people simply didn’t ‘cough up’ extra rather than the fact they probably couldn’t afford it - how dare they enjoy ‘beautiful walks’ that don’t belong to them Confused

Brefugee · 21/04/2020 15:14

In a way, I something feel that if they wanted beautiful walks outside their front-door they should have coughed up the extra £100k to live here…

Come the revolution. Have a bloody word with yourself.

FindHimForThreeKillHimForTen · 21/04/2020 15:16

This is the same for me. People passing by my house often look into my lovely front garden which is currently abloom with a host of vibrant tulips after I spent good time and money planting them.

Fuckers. If they'd wanted to look at tuplics they should have bought and planted their own. I've put a sign up telling them to look the other way when they pass. CFs.

notalwaysalondoner · 21/04/2020 15:17

Also, living in a large town next to a very very beautiful, touristy part of the country with countless beautiful villages, I find it hard to believe you really have so many people there at any given moment that it is actually dangerous. Yes, it may be many more than you are used to, but if you literally took photos of it over the day are there really 30 people all bumping into each other often? Of course there will be individual families which are stupid but that happens anywhere so why shouldn’t they be exercising somewhere beautiful instead of somewhere ugly?

julybaby32 · 21/04/2020 15:19

I do sometimes glance into neighbours gardens to see if they have my tulips via the squirrel redistribution service. I won 2 orange ones and a frilly pink one last year and lost 9 purple ones.

SpicedCamomile · 21/04/2020 15:20

Personally when I go for a walk I always take my tablet so I can keep an eye on Rightmove and make sure I am not wandering into an area with house prices above what I can afford.

Legoandloldolls · 21/04/2020 15:21

I live in a commuter semi rural village in a area of outstanding natural beauty. I have lived here for 20 years and it's really a hamlet. Apart from a handful of people I dont know everyone. The village some days seems to be busy but I have no idea if people live here or not. As long as they walk here I dont really care

NotACleverName · 21/04/2020 15:22

Wind ‘em up, watch ‘em froth. Good work,OP.

Seasprayandsunshine · 21/04/2020 15:23

Op - how do you know these people don't live in 'your' village?

Maybe they normally drive to beauty spots for their exercise and because of lockdown are exercising in their neighbourhood?

I love looking and admiring gardens in my neighbourhood and surrounding areas, I will always make a comment on pretty gardens. I thought the homeowners/tenants would take it as a compliment!