Perhaps for those that don't live in Dorset or the UK this may explain some of the problems faced by Incomers as they seemed to have been dubbed lately. As a Incomer you visit the County for a holiday, maybe more than once. You then decide to buy a property either as a holiday home or to retire to , this makes you very popular with the locals because it pushes house properties up and puts them out of the reach of young local people. A fact of life in Dorset is that whilst wages are among the lowest in the Country house prices and living costs are among the highest. Having moved to your beautiful home in the County you then discover that things are done differently to "back home" this you find is not to your liking so you set about trying to change things to how they are "back home". Among the unpleasant things found...cows and horses aren't house trained, cows in particular walk very slowly along the beautiful country lanes, very inconvenient when you are used to motorways. Cockerels crow in the early morning. Tractors are noisy and are used from very early morning until very late into the evening...they also move very slowly along country lanes and almost fill the full width of them, very interesting when you are driving in the opposite direction at speeds better suited to motorways. The cattle and sheep are not put into fields for your dog to chase and yes farmers own shotguns and they are entitled to use them on dogs worrying livestock. I could go on but I feel that I am starting to sound like a cynic. Regards Brian Hodder Born and Bred in Dorset, who apart from 10 years in the Royal Navy has always lived in the County and would want to live no where else, cows, tractors and quaint customs included All attachments have been scanned for virus' before transmission