A parting gift

We couldn't believe our eyes! On Friday tenants in the ground floor garden flat moved out. It was clear they'd departed. We came home to a carload of broken furniture and assorted litter piled in the front yard. The audacity of our former neighbours was breath-taking. Last weekend the same people had walked past Garry and I on more than one occasion as we collected rubbish and removed abandoned household effects from the very same yard.

The local council doesn't collect irregular rubbish without imposing a collection charge. As a result, former tenants constantly dump all manner of household effects in the yard and simply vanish. The abandoned items then sit uncollected for months. The landlord never removes them. In frustration we eventually call the Council and pay for collection or take the offending items to the local depot ourselves.

Needless to say I've made yet another rubbish run to the Council depot today. The yard has once again been restored to its former glory. Long may it last!