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  • Garden bonfire & social courtesy if any..
  • tymbian
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    I was going to wait until the neighbour 2 doors up has gotten her washing in other than that am I free to go?

    My other neighbour would have a fire or bbq whether we had washing out or not.

    matt_outandabout
    Full Member

    I try to do it at a reasonable time – evening or late afternoon, and like you have warned neighbours for washing.
    But other than that, I am probably likely to have upset a few over the last three years at our place…

    scrumfled
    Free Member

    i always knock on next door….. it kinda trains them to do the same 😉

    Rockape63
    Free Member

    I tend to aim for an evening when the weather means that windows aren’t open.

    bruneep
    Full Member

    I take my garden waste to local recycling centre, I hate fires.

    Nobeerinthefridge
    Free Member

    I hate fires.

    With good reason, I’d imagine…

    jekkyl
    Full Member

    Is your local recycling centre a fair journey away then?

    matt_outandabout
    Full Member

    Is your local recycling centre a fair journey away then?

    It’s more the *volume* of stuff we had to remove….

    jekkyl
    Full Member

    more than one trip then?

    CountZero
    Full Member

    I tend to aim for an evening when the weather means that windows aren’t open.

    This.
    I burn garden waste, there isn’t much, usually, the garden is fairly small, so it’s gradual accumulation of stuff.
    The council used to collect it, but consulted on changing to either collection only during spring/summer/autumn to save money, or charging £40/year. The vote went for not collecting during the winter, so the council decided to charge, a democratic decision if ever there was one! They compost the waste and sell it or use it themselves, so charging to take away then getting paid for the end result is pretty cheeky.
    I guess I burn one lot every few months, then put the ash on the garden that isn’t grass.

    perchypanther
    Free Member

    I always inform the neighbours.

    It makes for a better chant if some nosy policeman from the mainland comes snooping about……

    matt_outandabout
    Full Member

    ^perchy that was about the size of the last one. My neighbour is fellow forumite, so they can confirm. 😉

    mindmap3
    Free Member

    I take my garden waste to local recycling centre, I hate fires.

    Same here.

    My retired neighbour is a bugger for bonfires and doesn’t give a damn about when he does it – he has a metal bin that he burns stuff in right next to our fence. He is very good at waiting for a decent breeze to ensure that it blows across our garden.

    The frustrating thing is that our receycling centre is literally just down the road!

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