West Yorkshire

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by DanaC

I'd say about 70% is actually made up by the media.

Originally Posted by Sundae

Some stories also come from misunderstandings of Health & Safety legislation, or establishments blaming it because they do not want to carry out a Risk Assessment/ get adequate insurance/ actually be bothered with the event in the first place.

Originally Posted by Carruthers

Incidentally, I suspect that the term 'jobsworth' might not survive a trans-Atlantic exchange of electrons so allow me to assist.

Cool, thank you, and thanks for the jobsworth explanation. I'd posted the story here because of the proximity to Sundae's new stomping grounds and references to the bike race decorations. But since it's a bigger issue on both sides of the pond, let's stop littering Sundae's thread, thank her for being a lovely hostess, and take it over here... or over there.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

let's stop littering Sundae's thread, thank her for being a lovely hostess, and take it over here... or over there.

Don't worry, you have to set threads free and accept they might drift.
I just happened to have done something today!

So, into the forest.
One of the charming things they've done is to carve stumps/ logs into seats and posterns. They are on the official paths and bridleways but still seem to happen unexpectedly.

The first I saw was an elephant, which was so cool.
Why no photo?
Because a little girl was sat on it, crying and bleeding from a scraped knee which her mother was trying to clean with spit and a tissue.
I did ask them to move so I could take a photo, but the Mum seemed to have a have a more robust view of propriety than she did of first aid and chased me away with a stick.

Joking of course (it was a rock)