It was a cool and blustery day, so it was back to wearing jacket and scarf. Not what I was expecting for the third day of June.
I just loved these 'Daisy' type flowers sprouting from the bottom of a gravestone. They simply looked perfect; as if they belonged there.
Further along the path that goes around the exterior of the dog-park I came across this. 'You were here' scratched onto the ground with some Downland Chalk. Thank you to whoever wrote it. I was wondering where I'd been!
Then over the road from the park I saw this. Some bloody idiot had taken his filthy old mattress, and (I imagine at night) had dumped it by the entrance to the churchyard in a newly built flower bed. I'm used to seeing abandoned ironing boards and office chairs, but I've never seen a dumped mattress before in central Brighton. PIGS.
Such things really do make you lose some faith in human nature.
As someone famously said "Tomorrow is another day".
I love daisies. So dainty, so simple, so joyful.
ReplyDeleteIf I'd written the graffiti I'd say "You are here". It's always good to appreciate the NOW.
As to fly tipping, it's awful. Yet, there is a simple solution. In my country of origin there was a day, once a month, when household bulk items (too large to fit into a bin) left outside were picked up - no charge. English city councils do not offer this service; you have to pay per item. No wonder some people can't afford NOT to fly tip. Yet, and I have this fresh from the horse's mouth (keepbritaintidy.org website), millions are spent by local councils to collect all that is fly tipped; offset only by hefty fines should the offender be caught.
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They did the same in France (but no longer), it was called MONSTER DAY. You could put almost anything outside and they'd take it away. These days we have to PAY to put our rubbish in the bins.
DeleteI shudder to think that someone may have actually been sleeping on the filthy old mattress 😱
ReplyDeleteYUK! I hope not. It looks as if Pigs had been sleeping on it.
DeleteI love fleabane daises they are so frothy and pretty, I grow them in our garden.
ReplyDeleteThey're beautiful. They are everywhere at the moment, lovely. I shall try to remember 'Fleabane'.
DeleteIf councils didn't make it increasingly difficult for people to dispose of things fly tipping would be much reduced. My husband needed to get rid of an old , tall ,glass fronted fridge from the cricket club, but because it was deemed " commercial" he couldn't take it to the normal tip.I can't remember where it went in the end, but it took weeks to find somewhere that would take it!
ReplyDeleteIn France we now have to pay, even if we don't use the municipal bins. Then pay again if we do! I told them at the time that it would encourage fly-tipping; which it has!
DeleteI love fleabane, it grows in our garden profusely, so much prettier than an old mattress. Fly tipping is such a problem, a lot of our local farmers have real problems with industrial waste dumped on their land, a real danger to livestock. Regards Sue H
ReplyDeleteThere are so many other alternatives available, that it makes fly-tipping even worse. It has become a 'plague'.
DeleteI watched a BBC programme last night on youtube about the plight of young women sleeping on the streets in Brighton and Hastings. So many beggers too. A lot of them on drugs. One girl had a tent that she used to erect in the church yard each evening, safer there she said.Very sad.One girl who was due to have a baby, which she said would be taken into care .It would have to be weaned off the drugs that she had taken first.
ReplyDeleteYes. I saw that too Caz. Brighton looks like a pretty edgy and dangerous place. Drugs and beggars and people who have come over from France. Made me glad to live in Yorkshire.
DeleteI've heard about this programme, but haven't seen it. Our problem here has always been that it's a very nice place to live, and therefore attracts all sorts. There used to be Scottish drunks everywhere, but they've now been replaced by junkies and beggars. They do tend to keep to their own 'community', and luckily sleep for most of the daylight hours. We could do without them.
DeleteWalking the dog locally, it's amazing to see what people do throw out. Apart from household waste which is collected every evening, mostly it's left by the recycling bins, one for paper and the other for plastic, which are usually overflowing. New owners renovate their ancient villas and whole households of furniture are abandoned beside the bins. The latest make-over, just down the road, has resulted in quite a few pristine matresses (which look as though they've never been slept on), two complete bathroom suites, sofas, ovens, tables and chairs and goodness knows what else! Steptoe and son would have a field day!
ReplyDeleteA long time ago I had a friend who put a new and expensive bathroom in his Chelsea home before selling. The new owner immediately removed it, and put-in an even more expensive one. The old one was thrown out. They did the same with the new kitchen. Madness!
DeleteI hope you have reported the mattress so that it was be picked up.
ReplyDeleteI quite expect it's gone. I shall go past this afternoon to see.
DeleteIt's gone!
DeleteSome responsible citizen probably reported it so it could get picked up.
DeleteIt should be the law that ALL graffiti scrawlers have to use chalk as it washes away when there is heavy rain.
ReplyDeleteThey could call it YP's Law. It'd get my vote! I really, really, hate all the pointless scrawl everywhere. Bring back the birch!
DeleteBloom where we are planted,
ReplyDeleteI keep seeing more and more.
DeleteWe dump all sorts of household stuff beside the rubbish bins. There's no where to take it. It's forbidden but no one takes any notice of that. Fortunately the council does take it all away. Getting rid of household unwanted is increasingly difficult. All over the world it seems
ReplyDeleteOur rubbish collection here is excellent, I think they come by every day. Usually lumpy things are just left by the bins (Ironing boards, office chairs, etc) and they go at once. Old mattresses are a different matter!
DeleteI guess I am fortunate to have a "transfer station" for recycling and trash disposal. It even has a "swap shop" where useable/working items can be placed for other people to take for free. Large appliances/furniture/sinks/vanities... can be deposited at the "transfer station" too.
ReplyDeleteIt all works well and is well utilized.
That sounds a bit like our local municipal refuse centre, where we take big loads of 'allsorts'. They even have a shop where they sell things that are too good for crushing.
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