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This topic could be shorter if it was titled 'What does Bedlington not need right now?'

 

I suspect this post may well reach 'War and Peace' levels for volume.

 

I'll start off with a suggestion - What does Bedlington need right now? - People making decisions about the future of the town who care

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Canny lass

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Thanks Maggie. I had no idea what the man was doing! It looks nothing like the flame thrower I had för the garden paths - a small hand held thing. It didn't go too well with the  house being built of Wood so I had to get rid of it - Before it got rid of the house!

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pilgrim

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ah you had the full frontal 'Labattomy'... remember .. Happy hour only makes you miserable when you have done the Douglas Bader thing  (legless hero)

 

On a more serious note..

I was in Ingram Valley last night and ended up, by chance, speaking to a man who was originally from Alnmouth but now lives in Alnwick.

As we talked he expressed the same opinions I have seen on here and elsewhere, in that, why was the NCC apparently pushing vast amounts of money in a very small area of the county (I don't think I need to mention which bit) and apparently neglecting the rest.

The question arose about the A1 - the section beside Purdey Lodge was supposed to be dualled many yrs ago and nothing has been done - there were 3 options put forward for the section beside Causey Park, with consultation and press releases, and nothing was done, and yet millions are being spent on a link from Pegswood to Fairmoor, supposedly to alleviate blockages in Morpeth but neither of us could work out who would be travelling on that east/west route to go north ? (I wonder how many local jobs have been created by that project?)

Ok we were two old farts grumbling in the rain and swatting midges, which is the equivalent of having piles when it comes to clear thinking, but he was saying that a lot of the houses in Alnmouth are now second homes and that The Alnwick Gardens, although bringing thousands into Alnwick have made the town almost a Disneyland and the prevalence of transient charity shops and tourist 'tat'. Because of lack of investment in the more rural areas, housing is now out of the range of most and because of the likes of SSSI and various 'local' regulations being brought in the whole of the northern area of the county is becoming a 'theme park' with very little benefit for the future of those living there ( we meant 'real' jobs and affordable housing). 

I have a personal gripe about a lot of the preservation policies as nothing you can see is actually 'Natural England' - it has been artificially managed for thousands of years and I wish that folk would get a grasp on the fact that those wonderful vistas of open land are all 'artificial' and are actually a 'food factory'

rant over ..until the next time....

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Pilgrim's note above defining "Natural England" as a "food factory" is only partly true;  the obvious examples are well tended arable crops and fields full of animals waiting for the chop.  However (sod you Mr Gove), much of the so-called natural landscape has been shaped for the purpose of game shooting ... observe the woods cresting a hillside and ending at the top of a sloping meadow - its purpose is to allow game birds to be driven out of the woods where they take flight over the guns stationed in the meadow below.  So, the next time you take a car journey just note how much of this type of landscape exists.  Of course, much of the land in Blighty is STILL owned by the nobs and it was their forefathers who carved-up vast tracts of the land for their sporting pursuits.

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and your point is ?? game shooting makes up only a small proportion of arable land - its is predominant in the less productive areas to make the shortfall. -- very little of the landscape has been shaped for game shooting - the only major incident is the burning of the heather to provide young sprouts for grouse  to feed and that is mainly north of the border.

 It  would be nice have a thought a thought about why there are grouse/partridge/pheasant -- its because they are poor flyers - east to shoot and marginally edible - otherwise they would be extinct (now how does that reconcile with your views???)  I have one of many friends who are farmers -- one has pigs on that farm that are more rare than the panda - and its an organic farm- the only reason those beasts exist is because they can be eaten.

I take it that from your views that the loons that want to reintroduce wild boar,lynx, and wolves, are damn decent types and not feckin loons??

think of having a family stroll in Plessey with the above critters-- I wouldn't be happy - put aside the French revolution thinking and be real

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Pilgrim I see wild boar almost on a Daily basis in my garden and I've seen Lynx on a couple of occasions in the same place. You don't need to worry about them - except when they have Young. You do, on the other hand, need to be afraid of the idiots in the Woods who are hunting them. Be warned!

 

Of course they can be a problem to farm animals.

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It was the argument for the re-introduction of lynx that riled me particularly -- saying they predated deer which are these days over breeding, the deer that lynx predate are not our native types and I cannot believe that they would not switch to the easy option of sheep, and of course, they would spread and can't be controlled. There are problems with boar in the south already. Wolves ?? I think not - feral wild dogs next??. we don't have boar and lynx hunters here - as we don't have them, but as soon as they are established how do you cull them?? I can see the protest banners already!!

the badger thing is different as I think they get the blame for a lot of bad animal husbandry over many years.

I am not looking at a conspiracy theory but as soon as these things are introduced, and one has to wonder for the benefit of whom, the insidious creep of 'protected' areas begins with exclusion of actual people.

It is the 50th anniversary of the Pennine Way this year and a milestone in some very hard work by some very dedicated folk to open up rights of way and eventually the open access and right to roam legislation. (this is different in Scotland as there is a common law right of access). there are more and more areas being subject to restrictions and exclusion of people for, in some cases valid reasons, but in many others I perceive the erosion of ancient rights and customs. 

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pil ... I'm not sure why you attacked me in your post above.  The main point I was attempting to make was about the 'manicured' bits of the countryside not actually being 'natural' but have been created for shooting. 

 

Perhaps you could explain what you meant by your hurtful  phrases, "and your point is ??" and  "... otherwise they would be extinct (now how does that reconcile with your views???)".  Also, "I take it that from your views that the loons that want to reintroduce wild boar,lynx, and wolves, are damn decent types and not feckin loons??" ... that's a huge leap to glean from my post that I hold those views. 

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