How, you may ask, is this story related to the media. And we answer, without forests there can be no paper and without paper there can be no print media.
Oh, and it involves cheap, sleazy sex and it’s our blog so we’ll write about it if we damn well please.
Here are the details of the sordid story from the Telegraph UK:
The conifers were felled on the 12 hectare site on the outskirts of Darwen, Lancashire, after a “health and safety survey.”
United Utilities cleared the huge expanse of forest alongside the busy A666 claiming some of the trees, planted after the Second World War, were in danger of falling down.
But police and councillors have said that the cull was also ordered to discourage strangers from meeting for sexual intercourse at the known ‘dogging’ hotspot.Jean Rigby, a local councillor, said: “The area will be replanted with native species that, in 20 years, people will see the benefit of.
“I’m more than happy this is being carried out – and it has a double whammy in terms of the sexual behaviour. I’ve heard anecdotally that since the trees have been cleared, it’s quietened down a lot!”
Another councillor, Colin Rigby, said: “It’s essential work that United Utilities are carrying out, and cutting the trees back also works as a deterrent to people who go dogging.”
Sgt Mark Wilson, of Lancashire Police’s Darwen Neighbourhood Policing team, explained: “It’s an ongoing problem and very worrying for members of the public.“It’s far too early to tell if cutting the trees back has had any impact on the dogging situation, but we’ll be paying regular attention to the area.”
Call us juvenile (many do), but we’re amused by seeing the words “double whammy” and “sexual behavior” in the same sentence.
Source: Telegraph UK
