[Marliza]

Hi Buzzy,

I agree that it's very annoying to have inconsiderate neighbours lighting bonfires during the daytime and I've often had to stop gardening or bring in my laundry from the line or shut all the windows to keep my neighbours' bonfire smoke out, but I wouldn't want to see garden bonfires banned completely.

Very occasionally we find it necessary to burn garden rubbish on winter evenings, as our Council won't collect large branches. They do collect prunings and leaves in a wheelie bin every fortnight, but not the larger stuff that we take off our trees every year.

I have asked our Council about bonfire regulations and been told that there are none that apply in this area. Local farmers burn stubble in their fields, so there'd be a problem with them if the Council banned fires.

As with most things in life, if people behaved reasonably and only burnt wood, leaves, etc, at dusk or later during the autumn and winter, it wouldn't cause so many problems, but many people these days just don't consider anyone else and carry on regardless of any inconvenience they cause.

It's just human nature!

Marliza

P S I agree with you about the island. Everywhere we move to, the 'spoilers' arrive not long after us.