Guess what you can’t do right for doing wrong – the majority of people love it but well….and I won’t use her name… read this…

Message: hello Dave,
I e-mailed neil whittingham last night to express my
concern about the material used on the mineral line.It is totally
unsuitable, unsafe for all users as the material is full of glass and
broken tile. The pieces are large enough to cause serious injury to
all users whether human or animal.
I asked Neil to provide me with answers to several questions,
which he has not yet done. The main question from myself is do you
have public liability insurance should injuries be sustained and also
have you aquired permission to implement this work from the
landowner?
I think it would have been better if you had contacted other
user groups to discuss improvements rather than cover the path with
this totally unsuitable, dangerous material.
I await your response as to your liability.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  my reply

thanks for your kind words of encouragement and obvious community spirited nature.

If you had taken time to read my extensive project diary (www.standishline.co.uk) you will understand that I have taken many hours to protect fellow users and indeed animals from the copious amounts of broken bottles, razor wire and indeed the odd USED drugs needle – all of which I’m sure you’ll agree pose a greater hazard to other users and indeed my children.

Talking of children, being a father I appreciate the efforts of the guys who donated the material and indeed laid it – I personally feel as a father and a pet owner the material is as suitable a surface as any, indeed walking down any street or track you will find greater hazards than the odd shard of tile or worn down glass.

Further more may I point out that this voluntary project was carried out under my own steam after extensive conversations with the councillors who didn’t have any idea what they could do about it other than let it go to rack and ruin.  So my time and energy have been put in to this project and have been recognised as a valiant effort by the community forum and many members of the general public who have read about the work and seen my blog indeed the global Guerrilla Gardener Community have commended me on my work.

So as I have stated in my blog, I did not put the aggregate down I only suggested that some material should be found which was donated to the Standish Community at large it was laid by a third party.

And as a member of the general public have no liability for any injury just in the same way as I did have any liability for the state it was in prior. Litigation isn’t my bag it is the rot of the nation and breeds a class of people only in it for themselves.

Having worked in the media for some time I have come across some diverse points of view, many of which, as a philosophical person have empathy with, personally I have never read or heard such a mean spirited response to what effectively was an attempt to improve the surrounds and ecology of Standish.  I am afraid to say if there was more people prepared to just do something the country wouldn’t be in such a state.  This project has been known about for 18 months and I have worked on the project alone, it wasn’t until the last 3 months I gained proper assistance, I notice you hadn’t taken the time to email me in the past to point out that the historic cinders I had exposed contained bituminous chemical and all manner of solvents and mining residue including very sharp shards of flint.

Pauline I’m afraid to say your point of view stinks and isn’t one shared by what I know to be the majority of people in the community, what’s more as I had to work very hard to achieve this path I would like to hand the baton to you now to give up your spare time and energy into making a much better job.

I would be delighted to hear your reply – as I explained at the beginning of my email if you where happy to walk though 2 foot of mud, be snagged by brambles, avoid broken glass and enjoy the smell of dog poo hanging in bags from the trees, not to mention the hanging razor wire and needles then – I am sure the youths of Standish will in time make it so, because I’m sure nobody else will care less. In time my work will all be undone and nobody will care to look after it so it will return to it’s former mire for you to enjoy again.

Personally I find people with your opinions objectional and down right mean spirited.

But I know we reap what we sow in life and I have only tried to sow good along with a few other public spirited individuals, can I ask when did you last attend the community forum meetings, you seem very interested?

Once again thanks for your support!

Dave

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