Has anyone else noticed that the world of Gardening
- which used to be a serene setting idealised by the sound of cricket bats and balls or the quiet mechanical rotation of a hand-pushed lawn mower - has been replaced by a complete arsenal of tools which all make a massive amount of noise?
Electric mowers that sound more like industrial vacuum cleaners then there are Chain-saws, leaf-blowers, leaf-suckers, pulping machines etc. etc..
All of them make such a deafening noise that every one of the corporation gardeners have to wear ear defenders!
What happened to the peace & quiet of the countryside - or even the rural parks?