The walk home from "town"

[Woody girl]

Spring is a wonderful time to walk into my tiny town for my daily needs.
Leaving the bustle and cars behind here are a few photos of the things I pass by most days.I just cannot imagine living in a town now. Im so lucky.

 

[Tengu]

That was grand.

 

[demented dale]

cool. and what part of the country is that? x

 

[Woody girl]

cool. and what part of the country is that? x

exmoor, zummerzet zide, tho debon is within hobblin' distance, only two miles away.

 

[Dave Budd]

I couldn't imagine living in a town either! That looks very similar to my daily walk to work, though I see more cows than bees

 

[Pupers]

I live in Debm, in the Dartmoor NP man and boy, but I love Exmoor, it is a lot quieter than Dartmoor, although if you know where, you can always get away and not see another human being.

I would hate to live in a town as well! In fact…….I can’t stand them!

 

[RonW]

Lovely!
Nearest town for me is 35km away, nearest village 13km.

 

[Woody girl]

Why, oh why??
This week the path ambiance is being destroyed.
After the first photo of the path, round a bend is the local school., just before the path ends, and goes into housing.
This is what it was like last week.
Then we see the gradual destruction, as they put up prison fencing.

 

[Stew]

Why, oh why??
This week the path ambiance is being destroyed.
After the first photo of the path, round a bend is the local school., just before the path ends, and goes into housing.
This is what it was like last week.
Then we see the gradual destruction, as they put up prison fencing.View attachment 95296View attachment 95297View attachment 95298View attachment 95299

School security. Safeguarding is very important and that fence doesn’t look like it would stop many people getting in or out. I’m sure you’re aware of the many deaths there have been over the years in schools. No one wants that. Yes, the destruction of society by needing to have it but it’s the reality. Would you rather intruders could just get into a school easily?

 

[RonW]

Hmm... is it put up to keep people out? Or keep people in?
Is it a measure as a respons to unsafe society? Or has an unsafe society been created in order to validate these measures?

 

[Stew]

Yes, very good Ron. It’ll be for both stopping people getting in and pupils getting out.

Of course an unsafe society has been created just so those in power can feel happy about building fences.

 

[Laurentius]

School security. Safeguarding is very important and that fence doesn’t look like it would stop many people getting in or out. I’m sure you’re aware of the many deaths there have been over the years in schools. No one wants that. Yes, the destruction of society by needing to have it but it’s the reality. Would you rather intruders could just get into a school easily?

An appeal to how the world used to be is probably a logical fallacy but I can recall the times when to get from A to B I would regularly walk in the evening across two school grounds separated by a railway I also should not have been crossing, nobody died from doing that, or at least I didn't. My old school was blessed by a lake with a bridge across it. When they rebuilt the school, the lake was fenced off and the public can't access it either. I wouldn't want to swap their "secure" world for mine.

 

[Stew]

An appeal to how the world used to be is probably a logical fallacy but I can recall the times when to get from A to B I would regularly walk in the evening across two school grounds separated by a railway I also should not have been crossing, nobody died from doing that, or at least I didn't. My old school was blessed by a lake with a bridge across it. When they rebuilt the school, the lake was fenced off and the public can't access it either. I wouldn't want to swap their "secure" world for mine.

Yep. (Some of) the past is great.

My old secondary school I used to make use of the fields during the holidays with my siblings for football, kite flying boomerangs, riding our bikes, whatever.

Other kids used it for driving junky motorbikes and smashing the windows.

It was a shame (for me) when it was all fenced but I could see the reason.

 

[RonW]

Yes, very good Ron. It’ll be for both stopping people getting in and pupils getting out.

Of course an unsafe society has been created just so those in power can feel happy about building fences.

It is called "15 minute cities" and "predictive programming" all under the umbrella of the technocratic ideology. Comes with having your eyes open, learning things, seeing patterns and not ridiculing people, simply because oneself does not understand.

 

[Stew]

Yep, sure. Whatever makes you feel better.

 

[Wildgoose]

I was somewhat surprised, but not saddened, to learn that my 5 year old’s reception class has a stranger drill, whereby the children hide in a certain place and the staff lock the room down.

It’s also worth noting that the amount of tech and shiny goods in the average school now makes it a reasonable target for thieves.

 

[Laurentius]

I was somewhat surprised, but not saddened, to learn that my 5 year old’s reception class has a stranger drill, whereby the children hide in a certain place and the staff lock the room down.

It’s also worth noting that the amount of tech and shiny goods in the average school now makes it a reasonable target for thieves.

I guess that started happening sometime in the 80's when computers started becoming commonplace in schools. And then of course there was Dunblane

 

[Wildgoose]

Indeed, thankfully such incidents are not common but terrible. Theft is however rife. Laptops, iPads, smartboards etc in most classrooms.

There’s far more safeguarding now with more children in care or separated from parents due to safety concerns. The new fence pictured can be meshed as well to stop people looking in.

 

[Chris]

The world's gone barmy. What a shame it is to live amongst all these high walls and fences.

 

[Tony]

WG, you need to get planting some vines etc so that fence gets covered in lovely green leaves and flowers