11.11.11 Remembrance Preparations

I am quite ready to acknowledge the need to prepare for ceremonies which will properly recognise the sacrifices made by those who have died defending the country.  I am not impressed, though, with the local landscape contractor employed by the town hall.

I appreciate the need to make the tiny flower bed look nice, because no doubt on Sunday there will be people who will not be able to stomach leaves masking the earth and tiny flowers.  However, it is not on for the 'landscapers' to use a blower on the leaves, and rather than collect them up, move them on to the road.

So, through laziness, the two workers blew thousands of leaves into the road, without a single thought as to the mess, and they clearly thought it was totally acceptable to flood the road.  I was not quick enough to capture the full picture, but a fair number hadn't blown down the road before I took a snap or two.

Every leaf in the photos was previously not on the road.  So, maybe Brown Landscapes & Service should adopt better practices (?)

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