I felt very virtuous, smug and superior when I recently sorted 10 years worth of filing and chucked out 4 large bin liners of stuff. Everything was then neatly filed in the appropriate place. Unfortunately another pile is slowly growing, but I'm determined not to revert to the cardboard box method. OH still hasn't finished his.
Yes, Christine France, no skips here! OH has just cleared the barn, so a trailer load to the dechetterie. We do still get the weekly recycling collection and a monthly big/white goods collection but OH was took embarrassed to put it all out!
The gardens await without.