Log Fires and Health and Safety

I know there have been some pretty stupid Council rulings citing the dreaded Health and Safety, think kids wearing safety goggles to play conkers; banning standing for the National Anthem in case you fall over, and many other attempts by Council jobs-worths seemingly intent on banning any and everything they can, but log fires aren't one of them!

The landlord of the 'traditional' Black Horse pub has been reprimanded for burning logs in his pub's open fires, but this has nothing to do with Health and Safety, despite his protestations to the contrary. The pub in question is in a smoke control zone and burning anything on an open fire within a smoke-free zone will contravene the Smoke Control Order.

It's not Health and Safety, it's the Clean Air Act, which has done so much to transform our towns and cities from the dirty, grimy places they once were, something the landlord of the Black Horse must have been well aware of when he took over the pub.

Blaming Health and Safety does no service to the sensible people trying to control Council stupidity, and there's enough of that without trying to add to it.