We live in a fairly rural location and have several acres of land. This weekend my son and daughter-in-law came to visit for the first time in over a year. My DiL is training for a marathon so she was out at 6am running laps of our field with their dog when suddenly my neighbour popped up on our hedge and shouted at her. She asked ‘how long she planned to be doing that’ as it was upsetting her horses! My DiL was very polite and apologised and stopped running. She only told me this when they were getting ready to leave yesterday and now I’m fuming. This neighbour is always moaning about something and everyone in the village gives her a wide berth as she’s quite unpleasant however she has borrowed fields from us on several occasions (free of charge for her horses), so has always been ok with us. When I spoke to my son earlier he said this woman was really aggressive towards my DiL and apparently berated her for several minutes about upsetting her horses. My DiL didn’t tell me this as she’s a lovely girl and wouldn’t want me to fall out with someone over her. However I am so annoyed and feel I need to say something to her. She constantly lights bonfires and had a mower and a chainsaw going all day on Sunday, right next to her horses with apparently no issues but thought it was ok to have a go at a girl and her dog running around on our land. She’s not the type of person you could have a reasonable conversation with so I’m thinking that probably a letter would be the best approach. The thing is I know this will illicit her hammering on my door to have it out but I don’t think she should get away with thinking she can dictate what we do on our own land. My husband says let it go but I’m so annoyed about it. Perhaps just writing it down will make me feel better.
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