Hosepipe Ban

Following our post in August, rock legend Rod Stewart has finally admitted ignoring the hosepipe ban this summer in order to keep his personal football pitch in good shape. Stewart said: “I’ve stopped playing as my knee’s been operated on. But I’ve kept my soccer pitch at home...

So, the beginning of October arrives and we start folding away the garden furniture and sticking the barbecue back in the garden shed. Another summer over with months of cold and rain to look forward to. But we still can’t use our hosepipes? Although August recorded the second wettest week of 2006,...

Well, we’ve finally decided to turn off the forums on this site due to the tiny amount of interest it had generated. We’re also getting an increasing amount of spammers posting rubbish on the forums, so all in all it’s becoming more work than it’s worth. Having said all that,...

Environment Minister Ian Pearson is set to warn us all this week what we already knew - British summers are getting hotter and drier. Therefore our gardens need to adapt. Instead of thirsty herbaceous borders and other traditional plants we will need to follow the lead of our Mediterranean neighbours...

Budding pop-star and record producer Robert Davies was inspired by his nosey neighbours to produce a record that takes the mickey out of the hosepipe ban and everything that goes with it. He enlisted the help of his sister Lisa Marie Davies to create the song “Nosey Neighbours and the Hose Pipe...

Apparently this is “Water at work week” something I wasn’t aware of until reading it on the Envirowise website this morning. Anyway, the punchline to their week is that businesses are wasting 310 million litres of water every working day, whilst millions of us endure a hosepipe ban. They...

The Environment Agency tells us that the drought conditions in the Uk are adversely affecting the environment. Dead ducks and fish, toxic algal blooms and rivers being reduced to trickles are all becoming a common sight this summer as the drought takes its toll. They point out that at more than 100 sites...

A new poll of people living in the south of England reveals that 29 per cent of those polled (just over 1000) have broken the ban at some point. As almost 13 million people are affected by a banning order, this equates to 3.7 million people ignoring the ban. A greater percentage (46%) said they thought...

Reports this weekend claim that Rod Stewart has a very lush and green football pitch at his mansion in Essex - despite the area being under a hosepipe ban and drought conditions. His spokespeople have claimed the footie-mad Scot’s pride and joy uses an underground irrigation system and who are...

When you don’t get in trouble for ignoring it. So what’s the point of having a hosepipe ban when those who are caught flouting the rules simply get a letter of warning from the water company involved? This is what is happening. For instance, Thames Water has sent out 2900 letters warning...