Normally we don't read the council noticeboard because the information on it is not really that interesting. For instance, the previous time that we looked the notices were about the council buying a plot of land to guarantee access to a couple of houses. Certainly not earth-shattering news for us.
Luckily for us though, when we popped into town the other day we did stop to have a read, and found out that bonfires are banned due to the drought. It's a bit of a blow really, because we had a clear out of the barn and found a lot of rotten wood that we want to burn. We would keep it for the stove in the house, but it is so rotten and riddled with woodworm that it probably won't give off any heat.
The grass on our fields is looking incredibly dry and would probably catch alight without much trouble, so it's likely that, even without the ban, we wouldn't have had the bonfire. It would be terribly upsetting to turn what has become a real haven for birds this year into a blackened and barren landscape.
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| Meadow showing effect of drought May 2011 |
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