Yes thanks Enver - very informative.

I hope she is enjoying it. Thanks for the update.

Thanks Enver..

I doubt that the former occupants of the army camp had to be given a leaflet telling them not to rape or abuse the local females.

They are making a statement to the government, they know it could never really happen, it's achieved what they wanted national press coverage, it's a peaceful protest, good on them.

This will not be a managed Army-barracks type facility. There will just be a sign-in/sign-out practice with free movement. At present the villagers know each other, their children can play outside, walk to and from school, cycle the lanes etc. I for one would be very unwilling to let a child, especially a girl in her teens, go out and do a paper round on a bike, walk a dog, or do it myself, when all these single men suddenly live so close, of no known background, who could have committed any sort of crimes in the past (some asylum seekers who have been arrested are found to have been murderers in their past life) yet are allowed to have total freedom before they are investigated.

There was a time when council estates would keep out drug dealers, groomers of young girls etc but now they're all over and the police generally overlook it as well.

They seemed to cope when it was an Army camp? And, believe me, a group of squaddies can be just as badly behaved as any other group of young men. Try a night in Aldershot or Colchester if you don't believe me.

And what about those residents of Piddington - and I would guess that there are some, as there are in any village - who are NOT well mannered, polite and considerate and who indulge in anti-social behaviour, take drugs and the like? Can the local people vote to exclude them as well?

Some of the worst places I've lived over the years have been villages and small towns. Even here, we had some druggies move into the street earlier this year and their house has been raided several times by the Police. We didn't get any say in the matter, we don't get a veto on who moves here, and nor should we.

And your suggestion regarding Mr Burnham is silly. These men are not moving into the villagers' houses for months on end or even a day. They are being kept in an Army camp outside of the village and will be carefully managed. They are not moving in with the local girls. You're confusing them with the American forces during WW2 or, dare I say it, the Germans in the Channel Islands where some local women were only too happy to, erm, fraternise with their occupying forces - something that their descendants try to gloss over given the roughly 180 births (*) born to local women but fathered by German soldiers.

If Piddington wants independence, let them have it. I've never been there so I won't miss it. But when they get their independence, the UK / Oxfordshire County Council cuts off all services to them, and they can run things their own way. And they can forget coming to work in England, using our schools and hospitals, calling on our Police or Fire Services or having their bins emptied.

(*) Some estimates give a much higher figure and 'The Independent' in November 1996 quoted the Public Records Office in suggesting a number around 900.

Yes, I saw it years ago - obviously the trigger for Piddington. I can totally sympathise with them, though - 350 villagers, with 1256 single men housed in unlocked accommodation, just half a mile away, when there are no shops, cinemas, sports … what does the government expect these men to do, sit obediently in their rooms every day? When the long winter nights come in, those among them who are NOT well-mannered, polite, considerate men, may very well decide that the teenage girls, single women, those who have to be out after dark, etc, are fair game for their attentions. I am not condemning them all - there are bound to be good and bad, as there would be with 1256 British men - but come on … 1256! In a village of 350? With no outlets and facilities to amuse themselves? Let’s see Mr Burnham take two dozen of them into his own home, not let them go anywhere else, leave his wife and kids in the house with them for months on end.

Silly but funny.

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😂😂 Had to read it out aloud a couple of times...🤪

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Ian heaven will join.

Loved the photos Beth. 😍

I liked the one in the paddling pool with the tongue out.

What a great place you found to walk them on holiday.

Thanks for passing the photos on Marie. 😁

Indi is a bit more lively this evening. She has finally eaten her food, is now objecting to wearing her buster collar, promises me she won’t lick her cut but I am still making her wear it and stay in the crate overnight. If she comes in the bedroom she will jump on the bed - not a good idea. But I take her collar off when I am watching TV and can check her. It’s only a few days but seems like forever to her!

I've yet to look at my emails.

Thanks Beth and Marie for the great photos.

Beth, hope your op goes smoothly tomorrow.

Thanks Beth, lovely pics. How is Indi today?

Bit early, Enver, but thanks in advance - 1.30 pm tomorrow.

Yes, they are a handful, and whatever makes anyone think I can manage them?

Thanks Marie. Beth, they are so like Indi. Don't know how you manage to control them all at once. Seems to be a lovely place.

I love them all , thanks again Beth and Marie 🥰

No problem. I like the one of the two boys sitting in the paddling pool looking at the camera - very cute!

Liked the one with the 5 🐕posing on the path, & the green picturesque one with the🌿 ferns. Hope your hand op went ok & not painfull, Thanks Beth8it! & Marie..👍

Thanks so much for the pics, and like maddadof said, they do look a handful.

Just downloaded, they look a right handfull. Thanks B&M very nice...

Do they? How does Mrs Nick put up with you?

Are you thinking of pets, or men. They come home too wobbly and won't eat properly, end up with pizza or kebab all over the house, and then do their business in the wardrobe.

Aww, Beth, it's horrible when your pet comes back from the vets still too wobbly and won't eat properly. I'm sure it will pass though. I know we've had some very wobbly cats sent home several times and then struggled to get them eating again. Good luck yourself for your op tomorrow!

I’ve been given some tins of Royal Canin bland food, which she won’t eat, so I cooked some white fish, but she only picked at it this morning. Had to get some into her so she could have her painkiller, which has to be taken with food. Hoping she eats a bit more tonight.

I brought my dog home the same day she was spayed. She needed to go outside for a wee later on and all she wanted to do was lie on the cold grass. I think it gave her some relief from any pain or discomfort she felt. She was more herself the following day and back to normal within 4/5 days.

I hope she's better soon. They do send animals home quickly these days - I think they're trying to reduce costs for the owners and animals do tend to recover more quickly than us, especially when they're in a familiar environment, rather than stressed out at the vets.

Good luck with your op too.

I hope she's feeling better today, Beth. Good luck with your own op tomorrow.

Poor Indi, I feel for her. You can understand them sending humans home too early, that's our NHS, but it should never happen to a dog. Hope she's okay.🪚😭🚳 No chasing bikes for a while.

It shouldn't be too long for Indi to be her normal self if the pups don't bother her. Good luck for your op too.

Poor Indi, hopefully she'll feel better soon.

Beth8it, you have a lot going on, so I hope Indi recovers nicely. Also I want to wish you all the best for your operation on Wednesday (I think that's what I read) and wish you a speedy recovery.

That settles it, I'm not coming back as a dog🐕❌ in the next life, nobody's selling my kids & having me 😷✂spayed.!!!

Poor old Indie, I totally sympathise, they should at least keep her till she 's recovered & on her feet..