Question. How do you destroy a forest village. Answer. Put New Forest District Council in charge of it. The picture on the right is one of the latest editions to our village. Situated on the edge of an area of outstanding natural beauty is this nice shiny aerial mast. Apart from the questions regarding health, how did permission ever get granted for this mast. Just a few feet away is yet another recently installed aerial. The planning application stated that permission was being sought for a replacement aerial and mast for one that didn't exist in the first place, so how has it been installed. This is the same council who's dustmen know how to open gates to collect rubbish bags, but seem incapable of shutting and securing them afterwards. Result. The forest animals that are free to roam, walk in to your garden and destroy it, or worse still, you loved pet escapes to be run over by a passing car. Try complaining as I have numerous times, you are given the stock answer, "I will pass the message on"