The Covid Refugees

[MaryN]

Are any of you country-dwellers being invaded by Covid refugees heading out from the larger cities into the countryside? We are seeing so many incomers heading up from the South and the Home Counties, and it is driving some of the locals here absolutely loopy. I quite understand the desire to live in the countryside; I have never lived in town or city myself, and wild horses and all that, but these folk have a completely warped idea of what life in the countryside is like.

There is a lot of muttering in local groups about some of the complaints made by the newbies. Comments like: "why are there so many dogs?" Well, we keep dogs to guard properties from invaders and they are also working dogs. "Are you allowed to keep cockerels here? They are very noisy" It's the country; suck it up. "Aren't tractors noisy. Look at all that mud on the roads!" !! It's harvest time - stop moaning.

I just can't wait to hear the complaints when they realise that the big combines do not knock off work at 5.30p.m. and can keep going right through the night if they are racing against inclement weather. Should be entertaining. Now those things really do make a racket!