Woodbury Common

[cherrybee]

Hi Mickyb and welcome to WAB.
As Beryl says especially on Woodbury Common as it is so popular with families.The children just love to scramble in and out of bushes hide in holes and generally have a lovely time ,so it is essential that doggy poo is bagged and either placed in a doggy bin and if none available TAKE IT HOME.I get so angry when I see poo bags hanging on bushes and some that have been thrown up high to land on the higher branches of the tree.I just cannot understand the mentality of these people.Why go to all the trouble to pick it up and then throw it in the bushes.It just beggars belief
By the way do you live near Exmouth and Budleigh?

[3lilpigs]

Ere sounds well dodgy on the other side of the Exe, I'm sticking to the sunny southwest at Dawlish Warren )

[Chas]

I served in the Royal Marines for 35 years and 18 or so at Lympstone. The Woodbury Rash is not a new thing and Bootnecks (marines) have been aware of it for as long as I can remember. Marines don't just walk through the gorse they crawl through and then crawl through it some more. Nothing to worry about, more chance of an adder bite I would say and we know how rare that is.

[mickyb]

Originally Posted by cherrybee

Hi Mickyb and welcome to WAB.
As Beryl says especially on Woodbury Common as it is so popular with families.The children just love to scramble in and out of bushes hide in holes and generally have a lovely time ,so it is essential that doggy poo is bagged and either placed in a doggy bin and if none available TAKE IT HOME.I get so angry when I see poo bags hanging on bushes and some that have been thrown up high to land on the higher branches of the tree.I just cannot understand the mentality of these people.Why go to all the trouble to pick it up and then throw it in the bushes.It just beggars belief
By the way do you live near Exmouth and Budleigh?

Thank's for the welcome cherrybee, yes i live in exmouth,strange people indeed. regards mickyb

[Wozza]

Couple of Royals on the forum then, that's good to know. Should have my beret next spring

[cherrybee]

Originally Posted by Wozza

Couple of Royals on the forum then, that's good to know. Should have my beret next spring

Hi Wozza a very warm welcome to WAB

[taffyp123]

i have heard rumours of chemical testing on the common during and after ww2 .I trained on the common in 1985. i now have LYMPHATIC CANCER, one of the causes being exposed to an array of chemicals. any one know any thing of this testing? are there any other bootnecks out there with this type of cancer?