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This morning I spent a few hours tidying up the damage to my plot but as you'll appreciate I wasn't quite my usual happy self, despite the welcome sunshine and a chirpy robin.
I've learnt that it wasn't the children who caused the damage but some mindless, uncaring so-called adults!
Monday morning I got an email from the guy at the council who deals with day-to-day allotment matters saying that he'd contacted the school and would email me again when they responded. He did that on Tuesday morning and whilst I was reading the email the phone rang. It was the council guy saying that if I went to the allotment then I could talk to the guy from the school.
I did that and walking round with him it was clear that the damage had not been caused by children. Not only had over 20 wooden railway sleepers, a big heap of topsoil and possibly the shed panels been put on my plot but then the people moving it all had trampled over my plot to do so.
That was done by some of the 18 Barclays Bank volunteers who were there ! I asked if they had been properly briefed or supervised. His reply indicated not !
He then said that once I bought replacement plants and seeds if I let him know the cost then he'd see about possible reimbursement ! I said that I found that derisory and walked off before I said what I really thought. I'm still waiting on a reply to an email I sent him on Tuesday reiterating my anger and concerns.
I must say the council guy was brilliant with both his emails and phone call. Also, as a nice gesture, he later advised that my next allotment invoice would be cancelled so that I could spend the money on some more seeds.
Anyway the plot is now looking almost as good as it was before it happened, and I'm feeling a bit happier.
Oh yes, is anyone wondering if I bank at Barclays ? No thankfully !
perhaps not that one! 
29/11/07 @ 17:39