When Jeff contacted me on Saturday he passed on shocking news. On Wednesday, whilst he was in Paris someone deliberately set fire to a hedgerow and olive plantation in Segrairals vineyard. The man (Jeff does know who it was) used petrol to burn them down. This was arson, pure and simple, an evil act.
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Just the previous month there had been another incident, this time accidental. A neighbour was burning waste and it spread onto Peilhan vineyard destroying young trees and some vines.
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Once is bad enough but two incidents is almost unbearable. That the second was an act of malice makes it even worse. When someone is trying to develop the environment with new planting one would imagine they would be encouraged. Instead Jeff has met with acts of vandalism and now arson. Fortunately he is a strong man and will fight on but he deserves our support.
amarchinthevines 
November 21, 2017 at 9:46 am
Idiots. Is there any action Jeff can take on this?
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November 21, 2017 at 10:21 am
I’m so angry, Alan. My kind of anger would not help Jeff, but I’d love to say a lot more about the kind of people who would do that, and the kind of society which offers silent tacit approval. I won’t.
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November 21, 2017 at 10:27 am
It’s just very sad. Some create, some destroy
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November 21, 2017 at 11:03 am
Saddened to hear this. Hatred is such a futile emotion, hurting the user as well as the person they are directing it at. I am sure Jeff being the stronger person will grow from this and the person concerned whither away and become insignificant.
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November 21, 2017 at 4:06 pm
There way a guy in our commune a couple of years who went round starting fires. Everyone knew who is was including the police but it still took several fires before it stopped – mostly on scrubland fortunately.
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