There have been workmen with a little digger repairing a hillside path at the other side of the valley from us all week. It’s at least 800 mtrs away and all I can hear is a relentless ‘beep....beep.....beep’! I realise they have to make people aware of their presence in order to avoid accidents but do they need to be as loud? Surely accidents are going to occur in the vicinity of the equipment in which case a reduced volume would be more suitable. There’s no attenuation between us and it so sound is going to carry, but a lower decibel rating at source would definitely help. I have a decimeter somewhere (don’t ask, long story involving landfill!) so off to check levels. Country life definitely isn’t quiet!
I've got another 'keen'... Ouch!
