An Interesting Revisit.

A long overdue trip to Höll

Energized beyond recognition the two of us made a plan and put a whole lot of building leftovers into our trailer. Stuff one thinks to reuse later on but never does, stuff one takes as decoration never to be moved aside and stuff that has lost its sell by date. In short, a trailer full of rubbish.

The first year we were here that was our main chore on the first Saturday of every month. Pack all the rubbish left from the previous owner mingle it with our newly created rubbish and drive it off to the refuse place in Höll, free of charge.

Bob and I drove there at half past eight and were surprised by the traffic jam awaiting us at the entrance. It seems everyone had hitched their trailer full of questionable choices and everyone seemed to have left patience at home. Goodness me, a minute's wait won't kill anyone.

The layout of the various containers hasn't changed in the last five years; one for general rubbish, one for wood, one for metal and a pile in the center for building rubble. Useful to empty out half used packets of cement.

I love watching people and it was interesting to see who was discarding never mind what. Around the ' general rubbish ' container were a selection of too-good-to-be-thrown-out wares ( stationary exercise bike, iron and a mirror to name but a few ) and only a few iron bars at the metal skip.

The place itself is rather small considering that several folks pitched up in their tractors, most with trailers and some just with car. Everyone wanted to be quick and in the process held up the rest of the queue for longer than necessary.

The skip attendants were irritated to say the least but kept us all in line being like traffic wardens for items carried to the wrong skip. Thank goodness for that because it does get overwhelming trying to estimate if something falls into the wood, metal or rubbish category. Remember, metal trays have wooden handles, a chair might have a cloth seat cover attached and some planks of wood were definitely covered by cement. Once we were home, we wondered why we had waited so long and made a pact to revisit Höll next month.

Biggi