@arossrob, sounds like a mixed-picture, but mostly good! Do you think more modern lawnmowers are subject to rules on polluting emissions? I would have hoped so. Maybe you could encourage them to create a wild meadow area and keep the lawnmower in the shed! (Or maybe not, but glad you have good neighbours).
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@Busy-Lizzie, that is good that you don't have annoying planes constantly flying over. I hope the wild cockerel is giving everyone the benefit of his alarm call, and not just you!? I cannot remember the last time I heard one, but realise they are very loud and I know you are speaking about the cockerel in the UK, but I have read reports of them annoying people in France. It is good the tractors are not bothersome.
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@Fire, that sounds wise of you to try the 'tuning-out' method. It seems that as a society, it has been decided that we should be subjected to and contribute to this cacophony. I feel that noise has been encroaching upon us and into our lives, with little tempering.
You paint a vivid picture of the situation near you. I wondered if there were any low-traffic zones near you and whether that has had any effect? (Sometimes just moving the noise and pollution further along).
I become enraged by vehicle-idling. The noise and the pollution really builds up. As you say, double-glazing does not stop the noise. Should I go outside of my front door and a vehicle is idling, the fumes are really unbearable, and exhaust pipes are low, not like chimneys which at least emit pollutants from a higher starting point....
I suppose in 'the countryside' the plus-point is the density of population is generally less, but is not all wine and roses even so. Plus herbicides/pesticides in fields and water-ways, which could be more noticeable in the countryside.
With fireworks, I am amazed there is not already legislation to prevent their wide usage seemingly anywhere and at anytime. Fireworks are possibly the ultimate in both noise and pollution - the next step being a rocket. I have sometimes jumped out of my skin at the sound of a car exhaust back-firing, or an unexpected firework shooting off.
I understand that re noise pollution, noise masking 'machines' or audio, the best thing is to find noise that has a similar frequency.....I'll post a link to something I found recently.....
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Re fireworks, I thought it was against local bylaws to set these off after 10pm, except on 5 Nov and 31 Dec, but that might have changed and could be hard to enforce for weddings etc anyway.
Will look at that site, @clematisdorset. I use a fan, but it doesn't help with high pitched sounds. I also have a couple of white noise loopable iTunes tracks. The advantage of these is you can move the volume up and down as required. Great for masking TVs or talking.
@NormandyLiz, that sounds quite peaceful really! Do you find there is a season or rhythm to any noises, so that the general ambience is more 'predictable'? The connection between others' excessive noise and good weather is a sore-point I think. I am referring to those motorbikes. Incredibly loud and disturbing. It does not seem right either, I agree. I am grateful not to have to listen to that very much apart from the odd solitary bike roaring past.
Oh it is. I'm absolutely not complaining, far from it, apart from the bikes.
Yes, there is definitely a rhythm which follows the rhythm of the land and of life here. Spring is when they move the cows out to pastures, it's probably the first tractor traffic of the year. Then you have the various stages of crop growing - ploughing, spraying (sadly) and the really busy period of the main harvest when you really have to be careful of combine harvesters and other big harvest machinery.
Another part of the rhythm sadly is the hunting season, something I hate and a very divisive subject, but I do have to accept that as part of life here. And the forestry season, just starting, when it can get chain saw noisy in fits and starts.
They are all brief, and apart from what passes as rush hour, the rest of the time is very quiet.
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You paint a vivid picture of the situation near you. I wondered if there were any low-traffic zones near you and whether that has had any effect? (Sometimes just moving the noise and pollution further along).
I become enraged by vehicle-idling. The noise and the pollution really builds up. As you say, double-glazing does not stop the noise. Should I go outside of my front door and a vehicle is idling, the fumes are really unbearable, and exhaust pipes are low, not like chimneys which at least emit
pollutants from a higher starting point....
I suppose in 'the countryside' the plus-point is the density of population is generally less, but is not all wine and roses even so. Plus herbicides/pesticides in fields and water-ways, which could be more noticeable in the countryside.
With fireworks, I am amazed there is not already legislation to prevent their wide usage seemingly anywhere and at anytime. Fireworks are possibly the ultimate in both noise and pollution - the next step being a rocket. I have sometimes jumped out of my skin at the sound of a car exhaust back-firing, or an unexpected firework shooting off.
I understand that re noise pollution, noise masking 'machines' or audio, the best thing is to find noise that has a similar frequency.....I'll post a link to something I found recently.....
I have tried a few of the sounds, when at my wits' end! Can recommend.
https://mynoise.net/
Yes, there is definitely a rhythm which follows the rhythm of the land and of life here. Spring is when they move the cows out to pastures, it's probably the first tractor traffic of the year. Then you have the various stages of crop growing - ploughing, spraying (sadly) and the really busy period of the main harvest when you really have to be careful of combine harvesters and other big harvest machinery.
Another part of the rhythm sadly is the hunting season, something I hate and a very divisive subject, but I do have to accept that as part of life here. And the forestry season, just starting, when it can get chain saw noisy in fits and starts.
They are all brief, and apart from what passes as rush hour, the rest of the time is very quiet.