In the city centre rubbish collection wasn’t an issue as the apartment block had a communal rubbish room which we could go down and visit whenever we needed to. But when we moved to a “proper” house we had no idea what day of the week the rubbish collectors would come along. We monitored our street every morning for a week but we never noticed anyone else putting anything out (we must have chosen a week in which all our neighbours decided to go on holiday… or maybe just eat their own refuse). One quick trip to birmingham.gov.uk gave me the number to call for all rubbish-related problems! So, for anyone else that’s looking for that number, it’s (0121) 303 1112. Just tell them Gaz sent you!

PS Oh yeah, and it turns out it’s Fridays!