The de-cluttering goes on at Moonbase as we prepare for builders to arrive in June to deal with our subsidence cracks.
Everything is getting boxed away and what can be taken into the attic is being taken up. The attic is the only room that's not being plastered and painted.
All my vintage toys and scratch models that were around have been packed away, apart from a few Hot Wheels kindly donated by Wotan that I still want to restore when we have a half-term break with Moonbase Junior.
Lots of unwanted furniture and toys that Junior has outgrown have been flogged on FB; a globe, a wooden garage, a magic set, a desk, a bookcase, some old board games and so on.
Overall though I find de-cluttering a hard process and cannot part with any of my really vintage possessions.
We do have too much furniture though. Three large obsolete pieces have been put out onto the roadside for collection by the Council. Its £30 for a maximum of three large things to be carted away in a big wagon. We've spent the last two hours taking apart and carrying out a double bed, a double mattress and a sofa.
The whole lot is piled up near the road for the truck in the morning. It all had to be covered in a huge plastic sheet and taped down as the Council staff will not take anything away that's got wet and overly heavy as a result.
When the Missus and I were a young couple setting up our first flat in 1981 on the Continent we used to check through the unwanted furniture that was handily piled up outside people's homes in the summer before being hauled away.
Our greatest finds were a tinplate remote controlled James Bond Aston Martin DB5 from Japan - see below - and a Police Patrol Car also from Japan. Just thrown out on the street!
Have you ever left any large unwanted items for the Council to collect? Have you ever found anything interesting on the street or in a skip?
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