[pendy]

Yeah, know exactly what you mean. We have brilliant neighbours in Ossy, Keith across the road comes in every few days to check everything is allright, but sometimes we are not there for up to a month, and I am not prepared to leave the back gate open for anyone to wander in and kick the back door in. Of course, I suppose if you are a career councillor (do we have those in Hyndburn? we certainly do in London, I'm not sure Ken Livingstone has done a day's work in his life) you can be at home most of the time, so the problem does not arise. However, for those of us who have the boring necessity of earning a living ...