but there is everything wrong with turning these sites into mini hippy bloody festivals!!!! I have a certain aversion to the banging of drums and blowing of whistles/digeridoos etc when I am trying to enjoy the tranquility of our beautiful land! of course, old ms/mr lunatic may just have been being a little cheeky and may have had tongue placed firmly in cheek when they wrote that bit- i hope so ;-)[/quote]

I think he/she was , but your'e dead right . Noise abatement is just as applicable in the work/public place and even more so in the quiet . I wonder how they would like some Knussen at 1000 watts .