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Over the last few days I have come to realize that I’m a lot more noise sensitive than I would have thought. Normally when the kids are out it’s pretty peaceful around here. I quietly get on with my editing work, sitting whenever possible with the window open and enjoying the birdsong and the faint noises of country life in the background. I tootle about in the garden and enjoy the sense of peace and tranquility. I sew quietly – occasionally switching on Radio 4 for a bit of wild excitement in the form of the news, the foreign correspondents’ reports, the Archers or if I’m feeling really rash, the Afternoon Play. And of course I run in the woods listening to the birdsong, the clip clop of horses hooves or even the undergrowth as deers run, startled, across my path.<\/p>\n

By choice my days are filled with silence, calm and peace – at least as much of the three as I can manage.<\/p>\n

Right now though, it’s horrible living here. I’m living next to a demolition yard – actually it feels like I’m actually in the middle of the demolition. The villa next door is being knocked down and they have reached the drilling through hundreds of yards of concrete stage. It’s dreadful – 7am until 5pm, with an hour off for lunch 12-1 on the dot and a coffee break at 9. Otherwise it’s relentless banging and drilling and crashing, on and on for hours and hours. I have no idea how the workmen can possibly stand it. To add to the demolition noise, the council have just dug up the road behind my home to renew all the pipes, so if the demolition stops for a moment, the road diggers more than fill the gap.<\/p>\n

It’s too hot to keep the window in my office closed, so I really can’t get away from it. I’m not doing any sewing at the moment, because I just feel all jangly and unsettled and it’s actually pretty unpleasant being in the house at all. It would be lovely reading a book in the garden weather, but that’s out too….<\/p>\n

Thankfully, thankfully the woods are nearby and I can escape. And more to the point, while this is unpleasant, I know it won’t go on forever (at least I don’t think so!). I can’t imagine how people deal with having to work and live with noise all the time. Maybe it’s something you just get used to, but I’m not so sure. I’m sure noise must be just as harmful as a lot of the other nasties that occur in the workplace.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, I’m walking and running in the woods as much as I can, and in a few weeks, when this is all over and things return to normal peaceful levels, I shall appreciate even more the gift of silence.<\/p>\n

Helen<\/p>\n

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