You used to be able to drive round Windermere, take a picnic, drive off the road into the trees by the lake. Every one spread out, so no one bothering each other. Then they invented WARDENS and put piles of earth between all the trees and forced folk to the PAY AND DISPLAY car park. This created a CROWD, so many more money making and CONTROL situations were created. Every one herded into conrol areas. Think the final nail in the coffin was. We took the dog to an island for a pee. But he swam to a deserted shore. We went to collect him in the dinghy and were emmediatly accosted by a warden for Ł2 quid. Dont sound much now. But who wants the interference or the contol.

What I like about France is the councils seems to be there fore the people. Hanging baskets, nearly no yellow lines, less absollutly necessary.

It's not as though the beaurocracy of whatever persuasion is actually achiveing anything. Nor does it want to.Why not ban junk mail? No it preferse to charge house holder Ł1000 for putting it in the wrong bin!

Drive down an autoban, theres picnick areas, small filling stations. Hamburger joints and cafe's. All free to come and go. Here your hearded from one beaurocratic zone to the next. M6 control, Services contol, NT Windermere CONTROL!!

Do you want me to go on???