We offered to fix it & were told no as we weren't insured etc etc
The (in)ability to get insurance is what thwarts so many community initiatives these days. It seems that for every community-spirited soul who is prepared to do something positive there are 10 litigious hyenas only too happy to make a claim for the slightest thing.
Our Parish Council is currently having to leap through hoops because someone wants to have a festival and camp on our village playing field. Looks like it's going to be great fun but the County Council seems to think that because the site was used as a tip half a century ago there might be a risk of noxious gases despite us forking out £6k for a proper Geotechnical test that shows there isn't.
