Stinky manure smell engulfs London
A foul smell permeating London and parts of England over the past two days is due to farmers on the European continent spreading manure in their fields, forecasters and British farmers said Saturday.
Experts say the inescapable farmland smell permeating London will stick around for a couple of days.
The agricultural odor is inescapable in central London and smells vaguely of farmland or even garbage.
Forecasters said a stiff breeze from the east is carrying the smell across the North Sea from Belgium, the Netherlands and even Germany. They said the smell is likely to hang around through the weekend as the easterly wind continues.
“You can’t say it’s going to smell for two days, but the wind is coming in from the same direction,” said Chris Almond, a forecaster with the Met Office, Britain’s weather service.
