[AlaninCarlisle]

Not a cat in Hell's chance. There are only five households where we live. One has a petrol strimmer going, next to him is a ride-on lawnmower with a defective exhaust and on the other side is a petrol hedge-cutter (following which he'll get his petrol leaf-blower out to blow all the debris into a heap - whatever happened to good old-fashioned brushes?)

[mrs bouquet]

Listening to a push mower being used was a lovely sound  .    Maybe if neighbours do their tasks today, you will the remainder of Easter in peace.   Enjoy it.   regards,   Mrs Bouquet

[RubyRed]

 We actually have a push mower. I love the noise its so relaxing. We mow twice a week  so we don't need to use the grass box.

[Goosegirl]

Sorry Alain, the only things disturbing me today are the sounds of our two old hens rosey (do they sense there will be a rooster and five new hens coming later on today?), our sitting lady goose suddenly sounding like she's just laid a rather big egg, the various bird songs where I so wish I had Bill Oddie to tell me what they are, a few distant noises from farm tractors and trying to pot-on plants in a rather warm g-house! Ooooh, forgot to mention the important fact that my OH is away today getting the said cockerel and hens which is a nice bonus. God love him!

[AlaninCarlisle]

Yes, it seems to have quietened down here too. Only sounds now are birdsong, cows in a field about half a mile away, ditto sheep and lambs and the distant rumble from the Carlisle Northern By-pass. The peace and quiet is why we bought this house in the first place but the Carlisle urban sprawl gets closer every year