Woodbury Common

cherrybee · #1 (**permalink**) 18-05-2006, 05:51 PM

News on ITV1 today told a story of a super bug that can kill. Apparently a marine last year died and also this year a woman died who used to walk the commons with her dog. The theory is that when scratched by gorse they got a bad reaction and they are calling it the Woodbury rash. I often go on the common as you know and I have a habit of wandering off the paths when seeing fungi and getting myself lost. Now I am going to have to be very much more careful and make sure I am wearing protective clothes so I don't get scratched. They say that it is hard to detect when someone gets ill and there could have been more cases than we know of so I myself will be taking more precautions when going on the commons as you never know.
They said it is rare in this country but is often found in the Mediterranean

So anyone in this part of the country who walks the commons please be careful.

Mark43 · #2 (**permalink**) 18-05-2006, 06:00 PM

CB i think you will find that it wasn't the gorse that infected him but a bug that got into the cut caused by the gorse.

It's called PVL and is very rare............believed to have been eradicated in the 1950's.

You will be perfectly safe on your walks across the Common.

cherrybee · #3 (**permalink**) 18-05-2006, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark43

CB i think you will find that it wasn't the gorse that infected him but a bug that got into the cut caused by the gorse.

It's called PVL and is very rare............believed to have been eradicated in the 1950's.

You will be perfectly safe on your walks across the Common.

According to the news it hasnt been irradicated as 2 people that they know of have already died in the last year

Yes I got muddled when I read about the marine and What they said today on TV.They said they thought that gorse might have been the culprit.The lady that died was someone my daughter worked with and I often get scratched so I am still going to be careful after all I dont just walk there I scramble about amongst bramble gorse and other unmentionables also I fall over roots and stones as well so it might be wise for me to be more cautious

I am an accident waiting to happen

I fell again today right on my bum.Slipped on seaweed AGAIN while watching seagulls battling against the wind and looking like there was an invisible barrier as they just stayed there in the same place

Mark43 · #4 (**permalink**) 18-05-2006, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by cherrybee

According to the news it hasnt been irradicated as 2 people that they know of have already died in the last year

Yes I got muddled when I read about the marine and What they said today on TV.They said they thought that gorse might have been the culprit.The lady that died was someone my daughter worked with and I often get scratched so I am still going to be careful after all I dont just walk there I scramble about amongst bramble gorse and other unmentionables also I fall over roots and stones as well so it might be wise for me to be more cautious

I am an accident waiting to happen

I fell again today right on my bum.Slipped on seaweed AGAIN while watching seagulls battling against the wind and looking like there was an invisible barrier as they just stayed there in the same place

Well when i say you will be perfectly safe i obviously wasn't allowing for you tripping over grass or slipping on air

Take more care

cherrybee · #5 (**permalink**) 18-05-2006, 06:24 PM

No I slip on mud seaweed and other stuff.I trip over things and slip cos i have my eyes up in the air

Mark43 · #6 (**permalink**) 18-05-2006, 06:27 PM

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No I slip on mud seaweed and other stuff.I trip over things and slip cos i have my eyes up in the air

Ok but still take more care anyway.......its ok falling on soft stuff but next time it might be hard stuff

and we wouldn't want you to get hurt.

cherrybee · #7 (**permalink**) 18-05-2006, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark43

Ok but still take more care anyway.......its ok falling on soft stuff but next time it might be hard stuff

and we wouldn't want you to get hurt.

I slipped on seaweed today on a slab of concrete along the estuary.The tide was out but the seaweed there is usually dry but I managed to find a wet bit.You should have seen the state of my coat and the back of my trousers all green and yucky

And my BTM hurt

Mark43 · #8 (**permalink**) 18-05-2006, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by cherrybee

I slipped on seaweed today on a slab of concrete along the estuary.The tide was out but the seaweed there is usually dry but I managed to find a wet bit.You should have seen the state of my coat and the back of my trousers all green and yucky

And my BTM hurt

I think you are doing it on purpose just to get on "You've been Framed"