Trash

Given a long enough period of time, some storage space out of sight and a lack of sufficient willpower, it is truly amazing how much junk you can amass from nothing at all. The sort of stuff that you don't need or want, but fail to dispose of without sufficient incentive.

This morning, I got up uncharacteristically early to clear out the loft and garage of some such unwanted junk, to deposit in front of the house as part of the wonderfully named "Bring Out Your Rubbish Day". There have been no children in this house since I was a child (now in my twenties), and yet there was still a surprising amount of child friendly rubbish lying around. Items disposed of include:

- one King-Size mattress;
- two sponge single matresses;
- at least seven cardboard boxes, empty or packed with other boxes;
- three spare bathroom panels, 8' by 3';
- one 7' three-piece wooden tree, stage prop;
- one huge plastic bag filled with other bags and torn boxes;
- one large metal fireguard frame;
- one gas fireplace;
- one staircase guard for toddlers;
- three large empty paint tins;
- one suitcase, broken;
- one plastic training potty;
- one child's digging truck, yellow.

To be honest, I think we beat the other people on our street.