Too dangerous to pick strawberries

[kjvsteve]

Just read this, it's a classic!

For most visitors, the only injury likely to befall them is a pricked finger or a little sunburn.

But that hasn’t stopped health and safety officials claiming pick-your-own fruit farms could be hiding a host of hazards within their hedgerows.

Yesterday, one of the country’s most popular strawberry farms announced it is to close to the public after being ordered to ‘radically refurbish’ its land following a risk assessment.

Boddington’s Berries, which produces 200-tons of fruit each season, was told the farm had to install walkways and bridges between each row of strawberries, cordon off potholes in the fields and install handrails near open ditches.

Phil Boddington, 45, who owns the farm in Cornwall, England said: ‘When we tell people why we stopped doing pick-your- own, there is a lot of eye-rolling.

‘To us it’s a pick-your-own farm but to the insurers and the health and safety people it’s a strawberry factory.

‘The insurers want us to cotton wool the place by adding walkways and bridges, and making restricted zones with cordons.

‘They even wanted us to put handrails in. It is a sad day when a pick-your- own farm is closing because of heath and safety fears.’

Ian Johnson, spokesman for the National Farmers’ Union, said: ‘It’s a very sad and unfortunate incident at Boddington’s.

‘After such a long time of letting people enjoy coming to pick fruit, they won’t be able to do that any more. We live in a very litigious age.’

Britain has more than 1,000 pick-your-own farms, with strawberries and raspberries the most lucrative and popular fruit.

[benshelpmeet]

Dear Brother Steve,

What a shame to have to shut down a berry picking farm ...thats going to hurt, they have alot of farms , and grow a whole lot of berries. What will they do with all those berries?

Those running England must be crazy, what will they do next! This must be hard to sit back, and watch all that takes place in your beloved mother land. What a shame, all the crazy laws they produce just to keep the people from doing normal everyday harmless things like flying their countries flag, and picking berries.

They should fly Saint Georges flag instead of the Gay Nation flag for sure. But these are bad times and they are just showing their true hearts position, and hearts desire to be wicked, and against God.

Keep the interesting posts coming Bro Steve. God be with you brother, and His abundant blessings.

In His Abiding Faithfulness, ~ sister Darlene ~

[kjvsteve]

Those running England must be crazy, what will they do next!

Sister Darlene, those exact words go through my mind each and every day, and each and every time I pick up a newspaper.

It does not get any better.
Fresh from the newspapers today, a story told how a school assembly which included FIVE YEAR OLD CHILDREN were 'shown pictures of same sex couples', after playing a record by Elton John.

According to the report, some children were left 'worried and confused', and parents who complained were treated as homophobic. [there's that label again]

One parent Gemma Martin, whose children, Chloe, seven, and Danny, four, attend the school, said some pupils were now worried 'about being friends with each other'.

"Little girls often cuddle each other if one of them is crying or has fallen over, and now they are afraid to do that in case the others think they are gay" she said.

[benshelpmeet]

Quote: One parent Gemma Martin, whose children, Chloe, seven, and Danny, four, attend the school, said some pupils were now worried 'about being friends with each other'.

"Little girls often cuddle each other if one of them is crying or has fallen over, and now they are afraid to do that in case the others think they are gay" she said.


That is so sad. Tainting their pure little minds. This is the deep works of darkness, planting seeds in their minds, making them question even their own pure motives. May the Lord protect them, and guide them to all truth.

How very sad this is, sweet little children afraid of their own actions.

Blessings! ~ sister Darlene ~