A WOMAN is kicking up a stink with a nearby farmer after muck-spreading left her cottage covered in slurry.

Sandra Holliday said her downstairs windows bore the brunt of the spreading, but her car was also hit.

Friends who were due to see Mrs Holliday at her home in Smite Hill, Hindlip, called off their visit because of the smell and mess.

And Wychavon District Council's environmental health officers are investigating after she raised safety fears.

"It was all over the house, it covered the downstairs windows and we couldn't get the car out of the drive," she said.

"If it was a little bit of mud, then you'd expect it as part and parcel of living in the countryside. But this covered my house."

She said it was not the first time she has had problems with Upper Smite Farm.

"Last time I had to get the house washed. I'm not prepared to do that again."

She admitted that farmer John Young had apologised after Monday's incident. He also promised to clear the mess himself.

But the 47-year-old is still concerned because slurry left on the road - nine inches deep in places - had been stored through the foot-and-mouth crisis, and she fears it is a health risk.

A spokesman for the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said that, in theory, there would be no risk from the slurry.

"If the farm was affected by foot-and-mouth disease, it would have undergone the full disinfecting. Otherwise, it would have been placed under general restriction."

He said that keeping the slurry for six months before spreading it would not pose a risk either.

"If it's from private land on to private land, then it's probably a private matter and nothing to do with the local authority," a Worcestershire County Council spokesman added.

Mr Young was unavailable for comment as the Evening News went to press.