I’m sure a lot of you enjoyed the fantastic weather this weekend and many of you no doubt had a barbecue on The Common. I was out of town on Saturday but heard it was seriously busy down the seafront. A few of us had a BBQ on Sunday and we’re approached by some council officials regarding our position. They were very polite and let us carry on as we were already cooking and handed us some details of all the new zones.
Unfortunately the new zones now means hundreds of people are going to be packed in to single areas. The main common by the War Memorial will be extremely busy over the summer. More so than usual for sure. I fully back having these zones in place, but feel I’ll no longer be going to the common for BBQs if I can help it as they have made a lot of areas no go zones. It was always more appealing when you could spread out from other groups.
Bo
26 April
Fair point about having less space but if you walk on the common early on a Sunday morning the whole place is absolutely covered with sh*t that people leave after they have gone…broken bottles, old bbq’s, plastic, etc. I think the zoning makes it easier for the council to do a better job of picking up everyones crap.
Tristan
26 April
Agreed. I know someone who work taking care of the common and surrounding areas. I still back the idea as it makes sense. I’d just sooner not have a BBQ near all the idiots that burn grass and leave their rubbish behind. These are the people that ruin it for the rest of us.
dave clark
30 April
totally agree with what bo said, i was on the common last sunday morning about 9am and it was a bit of a mess. scumbags who couldn’t care less about anyone else leaving their crap all over the place. chatted to the guy clearing up, said he’d been doing it since about 6am when it was much worse.
however, there were a few bags packed up and sitting next to the the bins too.