I am looking into the France thing Jes so don't give up too soon. Very grateful for the donation though.
So, bit of an update, this was the target this morning:

Someone had done a bit of tidying up and thrown rubbish into the skip, how very dare they! Not a problem, I had taken my assistant with me and we just emptied it again onto the ground
Then I set to with the jigsaw and hand saw. An hour later we had this:

and the car was down on it's springs. We also tidied up around the skip before we left and we were invited back because we left the skip in a tidy manner with far more room than we started.
Back at HQ we started to sort the plastic into bundles that would comply with the weight/dimension requirements to keep the postage costs manageable and leave money for the charity. Here is Reece holding a bundle in my makeshift scales making sure it is just under eight kilos.

We managed to get six good bundles made up and I will be dropping them off at the parcel place first thing. I had under estimated the packaging requirements and needed to get a couple rolls of Duct Tape to stop the corners breaking through. I have put some paper under the tape so it shouldn't be too difficult to get off but I did have to make the packages secure.

I have also enclosed a couple of lengths of gauge plate courtesy of Mr Stevenson in there. He was kind enough to send me a bundle of the stuff last week so I am trying to distribute it. It's not much, but every little helps as they say.
Off to earn a crust now.
graham.
Edited By Oompa Lumpa on 09/09/2014 15:57:45