any old iron

One of the down sides to living on an island is the complicated issue of waste disposal. We have a weekly rubbish collection and a recycling point that handles glass and cans but not plastics or anything challenging.

In the old days folks would simply hoy their old appliances over the edge and into the sea... or dig a hole and plant it. 

There is a brisk use of old cars here - they get driven into the middle of fields in the vain hope of alarming any passing geese but it is sometimes possible to gain some financial assistance to remove them from the island and from time to time we see a handful going off on the ferry on the back of a lorry.

As for everything else, well we can stump up to have it uplifted once a quarter as a "Special Collection of Bulky Items".  For a while the cost of collection could be offset by a refund on domestic appliances included in the uplift. This helpful funding now seems to have disappeared and so we shall be paying the full collection fee when this lot goes off later this month (booked and paid today, for the 24th). 'twill be worth every last penny and I look forward to seeing the back of it...  not to mention the rest, not pictured here.

In short, progress towards smartening up for sale is a genuine happening. I cannot begin to tell you how happy I am to have my facings back around all the replacement doors and windows. It was quick and easy and I cannot imagine why it did not get done at the time the replacements went in. No, I will not grumble, am just grateful to see things looking a bit more normal about the place!

(To be honest, I took the camera out after supper, looking for a blip and could not find anything more interesting or attractive to shoot at!)