Excellent 'allotment waiting list' news (& a little 'but')
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:21 am
Put my name on the waiting list in August 2010 and was told that you pretty much had to wait for people to move or 'move on' before rising up the list. So, I was expecting it to be years and years before reaching the top.
Added to that, I am waiting for a site to become available at the allotments nearest to me (less than quarter of a mile from my house!!!), rather than have to put tools into the car and drive to either of the other 2 sites in town. I am happy to reach the top of the list and allow others to leapfrog over me until my preferred site is available.
Anyway, after pretty much 2 years I decided to phone and see if I had moved at all. Managed to get hold of someone (well, their answer-phone). They then rang back the next evening and left me a message (I was in the garden and missed the call). Apparently I am now number 3 on the list!!!! I could hardly believe it! NUMBER THREE!!!!!!!!!!!
I tried ringing the chap back but he doesn't seem to answer the phone, so I will leave a msg tonight and glue the phone to my side for the whole evening. He said there was a little 'but', which is that at the site I want to go to, the council are pulling 8 plots away (presumably to be used as new cemetary ground, which is next door). So, I'm presuming that those 8 plot-holders will need to have new plots found for them, and am expecting them to be at the very top of the list. Does that sound right to you? Therefore I would be number 11.
Moving up 62 places on the list in 22 months, another 11 will be a doddle. Then a little bit of being leap-frogged.
OMG, I'm SOOOOO nearly there!! I'm thinking that as a Newbie (with Allotmenting Parentage, and a hubby who will probably get so bored and inquisitive without me he'll end up helping just a little bit), I'll do my best for a full 12 months then review how I've done. I don't want to be laughed at
so I shall need lots and lots of help and advice from you guys.
If you're still awake, thanks for reading
Added to that, I am waiting for a site to become available at the allotments nearest to me (less than quarter of a mile from my house!!!), rather than have to put tools into the car and drive to either of the other 2 sites in town. I am happy to reach the top of the list and allow others to leapfrog over me until my preferred site is available.
Anyway, after pretty much 2 years I decided to phone and see if I had moved at all. Managed to get hold of someone (well, their answer-phone). They then rang back the next evening and left me a message (I was in the garden and missed the call). Apparently I am now number 3 on the list!!!! I could hardly believe it! NUMBER THREE!!!!!!!!!!!
I tried ringing the chap back but he doesn't seem to answer the phone, so I will leave a msg tonight and glue the phone to my side for the whole evening. He said there was a little 'but', which is that at the site I want to go to, the council are pulling 8 plots away (presumably to be used as new cemetary ground, which is next door). So, I'm presuming that those 8 plot-holders will need to have new plots found for them, and am expecting them to be at the very top of the list. Does that sound right to you? Therefore I would be number 11.
Moving up 62 places on the list in 22 months, another 11 will be a doddle. Then a little bit of being leap-frogged.
OMG, I'm SOOOOO nearly there!! I'm thinking that as a Newbie (with Allotmenting Parentage, and a hubby who will probably get so bored and inquisitive without me he'll end up helping just a little bit), I'll do my best for a full 12 months then review how I've done. I don't want to be laughed at
so I shall need lots and lots of help and advice from you guys.If you're still awake, thanks for reading
