Summer noise

Noise - 'an unwanted sound'

I love summer, lawnmowers and strimmers have to be used to keep our gardens tidy, I don't like loud music, but I love to see and hear young children enjoying themselves, too many dreary winter days ahead,

And too much of it from Robert Jenrick.

I'm sorry you live in an area where there is a lot of noise. It must be very difficult to relax outside and enjoy the summer months.
My garden is an oasis of peace and quiet most of the time. At the moment I'm inside with the French doors open. There's not a sound.
Earlier in the summer/spring there's constant bird song and activity.
I occasionally hear the laughter of children if they are doing something in their gardens. Again, occasionally during the summer one or two neighbours will BBQ but there's never any loud noise from them. I like to hear families and friends enjoying their time together. It reminds me of days gone by.

Yes our garden is like aldom

In fact the children have just gone out for the day I think after playing in their garden.

I like the sounds of people being busy, and enjoying themselves, and human noise is more than compensated by the sounds of nature, which you don’t notice at all when you’re sitting on the sofa.

LOVE LOVE LOVE the summer hearing the birds the bees the kids outside playing and happy people mowing their lawns

As my 90 year old neighbour said when I asked her to let me know if the children were too noisy “I love to hear them my darling it tells me I m still alive”

Sorry Fflaurie I love summer, the noise of garden jobs doesn’t usually last long.

We have five children, all who now have their own children, children playing doesn’t bother me, the occasional shout or scream is par for the course.

We are shut in over the drab and dreary months far longer than we are outside in this beautiful weather 🌞🌞🌞

Count yourself one of the lucky ones, Fflaurie.
So many people in this sad world would trade their noises of war and famine for our summer noises.
windows are closed, curtains drawn and be in your own space do just that.

When my husband was alive, we lived in a village, next door to a family with three young children. We didn’t know them well, only to pass the time of day with. A few weeks after they moved in, the dad came round to ask if the children playing in the garden was too noisy for us. (We were OAPs at that time, and their garden, although behind a tall wall, ran parallel toys. We told him, truthfully, that when we sat in the garden, we were more than happy to hear the children. It probably helped that they were well brought up children, as they never seemed to yell and scream at the top of their voices. It also helped that we had grandchildren who visited, so we were quite used to the sound of kiddies playing.

Crossstitchfan

When my husband was alive, we lived in a village, next door to a family with three young children. We didn’t know them well, only to pass the time of day with. A few weeks after they moved in, the dad came round to ask if the children playing in the garden was too noisy for us. (We were OAPs at that time, and their garden, although behind a tall wall, ran parallel toys. We told him, truthfully, that when we sat in the garden, we were more than happy to hear the children. It probably helped that they were well brought up children, as they never seemed to yell and scream at the top of their voices. It also helped that we had grandchildren who visited, so we were quite used to the sound of kiddies playing.

Parallel to ours, not parallel toys!

Perhaps you could wear noise cancelling headphones and muffle the noise!

I love the summer. We are on the outskirts of Birmingham. You could hear a pin drop here today.

Roll on Winter when the windows are closed, and the curtains drawn and I can be in my own space
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That sounds like the miserable existence many old people are trying to escape from 🤣
Are you neurodiverse Fflourie ? Maybe as farmgran suggested some noise cancelling headphones or put your own radio or music on
I love to hear kids in the summer we re not too far from a school and if I go for a walk I can hear all their happy shrieks I wish I was at school again having playtime without a care in the world
Lap it up winter will be here in a flash then we can all be miserable and quiet and stuck inside again

I do love to hear children playing, but not screaming, I love the sound of birds, but can't hear them for the noise of garden implements, and I do wear noise cancelling buds when I'm out there, I would simply love to sit in my garden listening to the birds in peace.

All we hear here in Summer is cicadas. People are pretty quiet and our house has a lot of trees so you can’t really see much of the neighbours. We chose it for this, having had noisy neighbours in the past.

Before we moved here we lived in a town house that had, large and lovely communal gardens going down to the Thames. Directly across the water was a rowing club and a pub, which played YMCA at chucking out time There was always a noisy ambience in the gardens from summer entertaining, children playing out. There were the occasional complaints from some who could be intolerant of the children's noisy games, which always made me think "why are you living here then, an inter generational neighbourhood " It never bothered me. It's quieter where we live now, although plenty of children around. I enjoy the birdsong, I'm not bothered by children's noisy playing, they need to get out let off steam, they all spend too much time on screens anyway. My children had skateboarding and roller blading sessions outside one of our houses with their friends, skateboards can make a racket, my neighbours were tolerant of their gatherings. My only grouse here is probably, my next door neighbour's over use of the lawn mower, he appears to mow the lawn every quiet Sunday afternoon, he has a multitude of other garden gadgetry, strimmers, leaf blowers. I'm in the garden now, so far he, hasn't appeared Making the most of the calm. Unless you live in splendid isolation, it's to be expected.

Fflaurie

Am I the only one who hates the summer? the noise drives me crazy. I totally understand that there are jobs and projects that can only be done in the fine weather, but there is no peace. Axle grinders, strimmers, lawn mowers, hedge trimmers and the children screaming. When I was young, and my girls, if we/they screamed we were told to stop it or come inside. There is no peace or relaxation and I am sick of the noise. I totally understand people sitting in their gardens and chatting, entertaining, but laughing, drinking , loud talking until after midnight??? Roll on Winter when the windows are closed, and the curtains drawn and I can be in my own space.

Oh dear. I feel sorry for you. I don’t know what the answer is- a desert island, earplugs, move house? ?
I see that at the end, you say you are looking forward to when you can be in your own space. I find that a strange comment, but each to his own.
As I said, I feel sorry for you. You are clearly a loner and don’t like people. You are missing out on so much, whether you admit it or not.

Our neighbours with their children are away on holiday and we miss their happy voices. We are looking after their hamster but it is not the same!
Last night the farm opposite us had a “rave” but the noise was in the distance and the late night fireworks were beautiful.
We live on a main road and the traffic noise with the windows open can be disturbing but I find I don’t really notice it anymore.

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Unnecessarily harsh Crosstitchfan. The OP is entitled to say how she feels and has initiated an interesting discussion if nothing else.

I’m sorry Fflaurie but your comment made me laugh.
Come and live in a seaside town, then you’ll know noisy!
We’re at the quiet end of town but can still hear the funfairs and music, most of the time it’s like a soundtrack /background music but occasionally when the same tune is played for the umpteenth time it gets a bit irritating.
It does all stop dead at 10 pm though, and the silence can be a bit unnerving!

I love the sounds of summer! At least we are not living in war torn lands. Too scared to breathe. Stop moaning!!!!!

Think it is only you Fflaurie.
It makes a change to be warm enough and sit out late at night, rather continental!