Of course, if you have read this blog often enough, you know how besotted we are with drone technology, in as far as it speeded things up for a lot of industrial applications.

But mostly because the drones have helped save lives in Africa by delivering medicines to communities where no roads exist.

Having cleared that up, we do not find it funny when people abuse drones for whatever thing tickles their fancy.

That is because the drone space is a very sensitive one for civil aviation authorities the world over and proponents for the technology have worked hard to convince regulators to allow the drones into the lower atmosphere.

Which is why we are really angry on behalf of the residents in a Cotswold village in Gloucestershire, England, who say they are fed up with tourists invading their privacy whilst flying drones, with one man being filmed in his bath.

The said village, Castle Combe in Wiltshire, is home to just under 400 people but for generations has been visited by tens of thousands of visitors every year.

Often referred to as one of the “prettiest villages in England”, the area is known for its chocolate box cottages, timeless charm and picture-perfect backdrops.

But Fred Winup, chairman of the Castle Combe Parish Council, told the BBC recently that drones are a never-ending battle.

“Somebody was sitting in his bath, looked out the window and there’s a drone filming him,” Winup said.

“I’ve sat in my garden and there’s been a drone flying ten feet (three metres) above my head.

“Villagers don’t like drones flying over their gardens and looking in their windows,” he added.

Castle Combe is often referred to as the UK’s prettiest village

While it is legal for drones to be flown in Castle Combe as long as the rules set out by the UK Civil Aviation Authority are followed, Winup said the majority of the time these rules are being ignored.

“There are three things that people are quite frequently breaking,” he said.

“They’re flying too close to buildings, too close to people and they can’t see the line of sight for the drone.”

He said over the last few years, villagers have begun propping up ‘no drone’ signs in their windows in hope it will discourage tourists.

Draven McConville, who lives in the village, said villagers feel they have no private spaces anymore.

“It does get busy here so we feel that our only spaces are our back gardens so when a drone encroaches in that area, it feels like an invasion of our privacy,” he said.

“I’ve had someone stand right on my driveway flying one. Obviously you can hear it. I’ve gone out and spoken to them and had reasonable conversations.

“However there have been occasions that have resulted in verbal abuse for no real reason,” he added.