Yesterday afternoon, just up the road on the school field, the local pub held a fete so from about 1 o'clock until 6pm we could hear the music which was quite loud. As it was a hot afternoon, Eden and I sat outside as we had done our cooking and prepared supper which we put in the fridge.
At about 2 o'clock we became aware that there were two different lots of music. The second was obviously for a younger audience and seemed to be coming from the park which is quite close by but in the other direction from the school. This music became much, much louder during the afternoon and eventually we had to come inside because it became unbearable.
We knew that the fete was ending at 6pm so when the music continued from the children's park we thought that it would stop later in the evening because the park is just over the road from houses where there are very small children. However, it continued throughout the evening and was still going when we went to bed about 10:30pm so I had to close the windows.
The heat was unbearable and I had the fan on but it was quite noisy so after an hour I opened the window. Luckily a breeze had developed and was blowing a little cooler air through the window and just before midnight, the music stopped.
It was then that I became aware of other music somewhere a bit further off and then I remembered that there is a nightclub about six hundred yards away and I could hear the music from there every time they opened the doors. I suppose it must have been hot in there too because they opened the doors a lot and the music didn't stop until 3am. All of this was interspersed with people coming home in varying states of inebriation and talking, shouting or slurring their obscenities as is usual on a Saturday night.
Today has been very quiet so I am hoping for a peaceful night's sleep especially as it's a little cooler now.
I'm just so glad to live where I do, I can have the peace and quiet if I want it, and also know I'm not disturbing anyone else. It sounds like hell, I'm a nightmare if I can't sleep. i won't complain about Curly Wurly and her noisy clucking again!
ReplyDeleteHi Grandma,
ReplyDeleteSadly, those noise-loving folks will experience hearing problems in the future. No one needs music that loud.
There's alot to be said for country life.
I didn't get a full night's sleep last night either because some inconsiderate b*****d smashed a car window right outside at 4am which set off the alarm. I looked out but he was long gone with so many convenient escape routes. The the man who owned the car from across the road came out and checked it and as I was dropping off he came out again and drove off. That was it for me, I'm now like a zombie.
ReplyDeleteStart building a 'granny flat' Emma. I could tolerate chickens, cockerels and birds, it's people that are the problem (and trains).