Summer noise

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.

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.

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 🌞🌞🌞

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”

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.

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'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.

And too much of it from Robert Jenrick.

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,

Noise - 'an unwanted sound'