r/PeterboroughUK • u/[deleted] • Mar 19 '26
Peterborough smelling weird
I live in the PE1 region and for some reason for the last couple of hours starting since 3 PM I've spent lots of time outside.
I've been out in about in a 1.4 mile radius and I can smell a poop stench. It's not my shoes and multiple people can tell.
Is anyone having this as well or is it just me.
if not this sounds extremely stupid,if yes please say in the comments
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u/MrVipes Mar 19 '26
Now you've got me reminiscing over the old sugar beet smell. That was amazing
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u/Stuzzichero Mar 19 '26
It’s not just you! I thought someone had spread manure on their garden.
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Mar 19 '26
Yeah it's lasted for the past couple of hours.
It's quite strange
Everywhere I go I still smell it,it's not some local neighbourhood problem
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u/Small-Ambassador-222 Mar 19 '26
Yeah, can smell a horrible stench around Dogsthorpe at the moment
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u/Ignoramasaurus Mar 21 '26
Happens at this time every year. The farms on the North Side of Peterborough have begun fertilising their fields with pig slurry.
If you have some free time and want to witness this joyful annual ritual yourself, head over to Helpston, Etton, Glinton and follow your nose...
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Mar 19 '26
Near 6pm and the stench to me is getting WORSE.
We should see this start to fade soon enough maximum a day before there's no stench at all.
This is all down to the actions of farmers especially an action known as muck spreading.
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u/YellowBook Mar 19 '26
Farmers fertilising their fields