No hotel for Brighton Pride? Try a garden instead... (From The Argus)
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No hotel for Brighton Pride? Try a garden instead...
1:10pm Wednesday 4th May 2011 in News By Ben Parsons
A business is encouraging revellers to camp in people’s gardens ahead of big events in Sussex.
The website www.campinmygarden.com is enabling people to offer their gardens for visitors to pitch their tents as an alternative to staying in hotels at the time of big-ticket events.
The site is publicising Pride in Brighton and Hove, the Brighton Festival and Glyndebourne as opportunities for visitors to stay al fresco in the county.
Only one man so far has put up his garden in Brighton and Hove – for four people at £4 each a night in Woodingdean.
Camping for 12 is also on offer for £9 each a night at Fittleworth, near Pulborough, for events at Goodwood, Worthing Birdman and the Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup Final at Cowdray Park.
Website creator Victoria Webbon said: "I hope that one day there will be thousands of private gardens being offered as temporary campsites across the world.
“Everyone will welcome and be welcomed into our gardens with open arms and hearts, sharing in one passion for the universal adventure that is life."
People in Brighton and Hove – where gardens can be small and in short supply – are expected to have mixed reactions to the scheme.
Labour councillor Juliet McCaffery, of Brighton and Hove City Council’s Preston Park ward, said: “It is a good idea because hotels are so expensive, people could make a little money, so why not offer your lawn for somebody to camp in?
“Everybody loves Pride, I go every year and it’s a wonderful event, but the disruption it causes is quite significant.
“Practically, I can’t see many of our residents offering their lawns.”
Conservative councillor David Smith, cabinet member for culture, recreation and tourism, said hotels and campsites are enough to cater for most visitors.
He said: “You have to be very careful. If someone next door to you had a big number in, drinking at 4am with music on, you’d be calling the council’s noise abatement people.”
Comments(16)
Sussevingian
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1:30pm Wed 4 May 11
Granny
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1:47pm Wed 4 May 11
BenUk
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1:54pm Wed 4 May 11
Rita Snatch
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2:14pm Wed 4 May 11
.......... THEY HAVE SQUATTERS RIGHTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
General Woundwort
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2:21pm Wed 4 May 11
Rita Snatch wrote:On they don't, squatters rights only apply to unoccupied property.
ONCE YOU INVITE THEM IN ....................
.......... THEY HAVE SQUATTERS RIGHTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rita Snatch
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2:26pm Wed 4 May 11
General Woundwort wrote:So why is there such a problem with evicting URBAN GARDEN squatters?
Rita Snatch wrote:On they don't, squatters rights only apply to unoccupied property.
ONCE YOU INVITE THEM IN ....................
.......... THEY HAVE SQUATTERS RIGHTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A garden is an enclosed and previously unoccupied area; trespass doesn't occur as not only did you invite them in ..... you also charged them as a form of contract.
Rita Snatch
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2:30pm Wed 4 May 11
General Woundwort wrote:ALSO..........
Rita Snatch wrote:On they don't, squatters rights only apply to unoccupied property.
ONCE YOU INVITE THEM IN ....................
.......... THEY HAVE SQUATTERS RIGHTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go to PARLIAMENT SQUARE, opposite the House of Commons in London, and begin to wonder why the police haven't been able to evict that male protester camping on the grass for these past years!
BiggerH
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3:21pm Wed 4 May 11
If so, no thanks.
Morpheus
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3:53pm Wed 4 May 11
Flippin Burghers
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5:12pm Wed 4 May 11
Ms Webbon, my advice is take deep breaths, and get a cold flannel on the back of your neck.
sharpley
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5:50pm Wed 4 May 11
micky adams
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6:22pm Wed 4 May 11
The Real Red Robbo
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7:00pm Wed 4 May 11
Metro Reader
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8:26am Thu 5 May 11
BiggerH wrote:Lot me on that one, please explain
Would 'going to the toilet' have the same meaning as it does in the Jubilee Library? If so, no thanks.
Rita Snatch
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9:29pm Thu 5 May 11
Toilet sex is more than a 'Cottage Industry' as trolling ventures from parks to cultural establishments.
BenUk says...
1:26pm Wed 4 May 11
and where are they going to go to the toilet? would u be kind enough to let some1 you dont know into your home? or clean up all kinds of mess from outside?
no thanks.