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garinda · 09-08-2005, 12:14

Last night I was disturbed by the flashing lights of a police van and a fire engine at around 2am.

I've just asked my neighbour if he knew what had happened last night. Apparently vandals had a bonfife with all the benches and railings at Foxhill Bank nature reserve in Oswaldtwistle.

My neighbour is one of the volunteers who help maintain the infrastructure of the nature reserve, and he said at least £2,500 of damage has occured.

This is after the volunteers had all their work ripped up the day after they did it earlier in the year.

There isn't the finances to replace what has been burnt, therefore we now have a nature reserve with no benches, no handrail and no viewing platform for people to watch and enjoy the varied wildlife.

The vandals win again.

09-08-2005, 12:14	#1
garinda Give, give, give member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Overlookin' ducks & geese Posts: 32,411 Blog Entries: 293 Liked: 27 times Rep Power: 16469	Mindless vandalism. Last night I was disturbed by the flashing lights of a police van and a fire engine at around 2am. I've just asked my neighbour if he knew what had happened last night. Apparently vandals had a bonfife with all the benches and railings at Foxhill Bank nature reserve in Oswaldtwistle. My neighbour is one of the volunteers who help maintain the infrastructure of the nature reserve, and he said at least £2,500 of damage has occured. This is after the volunteers had all their work ripped up the day after they did it earlier in the year. There isn't the finances to replace what has been burnt, therefore we now have a nature reserve with no benches, no handrail and no viewing platform for people to watch and enjoy the varied wildlife. The vandals win again. __________________ 'If you're going to be a Kant, be the very best Kant there is my son.' Johann Georg Kant, father of Immanuel Kant, philosopher.