"Not really Doctor - it's the f*cking constant beeping to be honest"
Langport residents - living on North Street and The Avenue in particular - say it's the constant beeping of reversing HGVs at night that's driving them crazy this month as work continues to underpin the railway embankment on the moor.
"Me and the hubby have had piles for years" said local woman Lauren O'Malley, who asked not to be named, "it's just the noise that's making us and our neighbours wish we lived somewhere else"
"...and the 24/7 floodlights" said award-winning photographer Bill Bradshaw at number 2 The Avenue, "I keep turning over at 3 o'clock in the morning and seeing the wife in her rollers....shocking"
You have our sympathy...how about approaching the site foreman to get reversing alerts switched off after 11pm? Or do health and safety rules make that impossible?
"Bollocks do they" said a Black Swan drinker who drives HGVs (but who we won't be naming because we like our front teeth) "I've been turning mine off for years - why can't Network Rail do it and give those poor buggers some sleep?"
Exactly mate.
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In other news:
There's a free band upstairs at The Arms on Friday night. No charge, The Authentics are providing the music in the ballroom - why not give it a go. 8 til late!
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