No Stile?

Well getting back to the lane from the canal onto Station Street problem, it appears it was caused by the chickens!  Or rather the chickens were killed by a dog, presumably from off the towpath.  Now anybody who lets their dog(s)  chase chickens, ducks or sheep for that matter certainly wants blasting with the brown stuff.  However, it should be noted that these particular chickens were running loose and as country folk know, you fence in your own animals and for any mutt this might be a tad too tempting to resist, in fact I know of at least one  cat who would fancy his chance given a sniff at a chicken's backside.

However, best thing is to have a major rant, get some fencing, more chickens and shut up.  Ruffling even more feathers is not to be recommended, especially if you are relatively new to the village where something like this will still haunt you in 40 years time, assuming of course you are still here.

I understand that action is being taken to register this as a public footpath, as it always has been, so complainant should think twice about wasting his bucks on taking any legal manoeuvres that will hack off the natives even more.  Oh and get the stile put back, before somebody breaks their neck climbing over the fence, then you would be in the brown  stuff.