Thank you Sandra. Hope you don't have these sorts of problems in Australia!! Howard, I have removed a lot of the items of value - a few still there but I can't reach them. I have tried to phone the woman from the council but can't get her in and she doesn't seem to have an answer service. I have used a single use camera to photograph the skip itself and next will photograph some of the items retrieved from it. Will get the images put onto disk and make sure I have several copies of images - one for me, one for the council, one for the advocate and probably a set for a newspaper. I really appreciate your support!! Thank you. That social worker is about as useful as a wet tissue...