Name your top three pet peeves.
This makes me sound like someone who should live far away from modern life and people – ideally by the sea for the muffling and calming sound of the ocean or in the countryside, in a wood away from walkers, farmers and hunters.
Noise pollution begins with busy roads near residential areas: motorbikes revving engines, ridiculous sports cars and music blasting from speakers. It only gets word on a residential street – delivery vans with music turned up loud before, during and after delivery; tuning a motorbike on the street as a Sunday morning hobby. Living under a busy flight route is a pain – 27 miles from Gatwick but I hear them starting in at around 4:30am and have no where to get away from jets out doors.
Air pollution can be intermittent – the burning of rubbish or just a bonfire in the garden but is made worse in winter when cold temperatures cause smog from coal and log burners.
And light pollution is caused by the county council insisting on having ridiculously bright lights on residential streets – they should be made to subsidise the cost of black out curtains, or better still, shade the lights or put them in timers.
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