Whitburn

[Black Pearl]

Whitburn council in their wisdom and I use the word for want of a better, have decided that huge strips along the entire coastline and some of the fields should be dug up, turned over and have wild flowers planted on them.

Why I have no idea, possibly because they have so much money they don't know what to do with it all but they could just be me having a rant. Personally I'd have used the money to remove parking charges along the coast so people would actually come and visit, enjoy the area and spend a bit of their cash in local businesses but what do I know? 

 

The results - well so far as you can see the "wild flower beds" are a wasteland of mud while the 'natural' areas are awash with colour, life and.....well wild flowers as it happens.

 

[fuzzyedges]

Is it something to do with Hrh charlie wanting meadows everywhere

When its in full bloom I hope you will take the same shot again to see if it was worth it

 

As an aside buy a box of wild flower seed and if you see a piece of waste ground give it a good sprinkling, abit of natural colour in town is always appreciated (if it isnt blame the birds)

[colinb]

similar thing happening in parts of the Lincolnshire Wolds - meanwhile the rest of us are now being charged extra £25 per year to have our garden waste bins emptied...

 

... cue fly tipping on meadow land!