A fairly quiet day, spent the morning chatting with Gill about this and that, and dealing with some more plums, and doing admin connected with the forthcoming Galtres Festival.
I needed to go and get a cheque out to pay my Yellow Pages advertising, and to put a cheque in, so I loaded my bike with loads of drinks cartons, scrap metal and two old electrical items, to drop off at Hazel Court.
When I got there a new notice had been put up saying 'no cyclists or pedestrians' which I ignored, as I obviously needed to put my recyclables in the correct place. I thought that common sense had prevailed when the previous notice was removed, following my protestations and pointing out that motor-vehicle drivers suddenly became pedestrians once up at the top, walking things to the various recycling banks and skips. I did my recycling; two things to the WEEE skip, 3 sacks of soya milk cartons (sacks came home with me) and quite a bit of bits of assorted metal.
I cycled into town wondering if I should make a fuss about the new sign.
I went to the Building Society with the cheque to pay in and the info about the one to get out. Then on the way to the bank to pay the water bill, I got a tap on the shoulder and it was Karen Cannard, who had been doing some filming in Manchester (she's a reduce waste expert) and had decided to see a friend in York. We chatted for a few minutes and then I did my bill payment, and cycled off to Alligator. They were having a repaint, but were happy to see me and give me their compostables.
From here, on to Country Fresh for my last pick up for a while from them, and then Freshways.
I did about an hour of shredding... various hedge materials, and lots of dead pear tree branches etc. Dug out the Compostumbler and started to refill.
Gill did a rice tea which I had at 8pm when I was finished in the garden. Got to bed before 2am!
I needed to go and get a cheque out to pay my Yellow Pages advertising, and to put a cheque in, so I loaded my bike with loads of drinks cartons, scrap metal and two old electrical items, to drop off at Hazel Court.
When I got there a new notice had been put up saying 'no cyclists or pedestrians' which I ignored, as I obviously needed to put my recyclables in the correct place. I thought that common sense had prevailed when the previous notice was removed, following my protestations and pointing out that motor-vehicle drivers suddenly became pedestrians once up at the top, walking things to the various recycling banks and skips. I did my recycling; two things to the WEEE skip, 3 sacks of soya milk cartons (sacks came home with me) and quite a bit of bits of assorted metal.
I cycled into town wondering if I should make a fuss about the new sign.
I went to the Building Society with the cheque to pay in and the info about the one to get out. Then on the way to the bank to pay the water bill, I got a tap on the shoulder and it was Karen Cannard, who had been doing some filming in Manchester (she's a reduce waste expert) and had decided to see a friend in York. We chatted for a few minutes and then I did my bill payment, and cycled off to Alligator. They were having a repaint, but were happy to see me and give me their compostables.
From here, on to Country Fresh for my last pick up for a while from them, and then Freshways.
I did about an hour of shredding... various hedge materials, and lots of dead pear tree branches etc. Dug out the Compostumbler and started to refill.
Gill did a rice tea which I had at 8pm when I was finished in the garden. Got to bed before 2am!
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