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calendar   Saturday - May 17, 2014

if drew’s good garden project were transfered here ….

I promise I’m not trying to one up ya Drew .... But look what I found in the paper today.

I wasn’t going to post this but it’s the second one I have seen in the last week.  Another one was about an elderly couple who tidied up a curbside mess outside their home, and had the support of the other ppl in the development who shared the space.  It was run down and full of weeds, and they restored at their own expense. But the council insists they must undo.  AND .... these are not the only two examples of things like that.

Anyway, once I saw Drew’s post I knew I had to do this.

Hey Drew ... least you don’t have to answer to the kops.

Well, not yet anyway.


Elf ‘n’ safety brigade call in police after grandad tidies up brambles on footpath

Pensioner Jim Higgins decided to clear brambles and weeds from a footpath near his garden

Also installed a seat for walkers, replacing a dilapidated fence

Charity which owns the path say they have health and safety concerns

Mr Higgins, 65, called in to be questioned by police after a complaint

Pensioner now faces being charged over the theft of the old fence

By Alison Smith-squire
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When pensioner Jim Higgins decided to clear the brambles from a footpath at the bottom of his garden, he was only trying to help.

Many of his neighbours stopped by to thank the former police officer for all his work – which saw him replace a dilapidated fence and build a seat for weary walkers.

But not everyone was so delighted by the grandfather’s efforts. Soon Sustrans, the charity which owns the footpath, announced that they had health and safety concerns over his homemade bench.

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Following a complaint from the charity, Mr Higgins, 65, was called in to be questioned at his local police station in Whitehaven, Cumbria. He has now been told that he could be charged with the theft of the old fence.

Last night Mr Higgins said: ‘I am worried sick that what I believed was a good deed for everyone in the village is going to end up with me having a criminal conviction.

‘I have nothing to hide, I admit I did it. But never did I imagine anyone would be anything but happy. I’m finding it hard to sleep at night and am worried about the future.’

But he finally decided to take matters into his own hands after his dog Nell became impaled on one of its rusty spikes.

He said: ‘Nell didn’t see the spike, which had become buried by the overgrown vegetation, but it punctured her skull and it is only thanks to the skill of a clever vet that she survived.

‘But it wasn’t only the fence that Sustrans had neglected and allowed to fall into disrepair – the footpath was a jungle of dangerous brambles that snagged horse riders, walkers and cyclists.’

When Mr Higgins spotted a couple of volunteers from Sustrans, he mentioned his plans to replace the fence. ‘They seemed pleased that I was offering to sort it out, so I ploughed on’, he said.

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