Freecycle is a wonderful idea …. people who have stuff they don’t want offer it up for free for other people to claim. All for free. The ultimate in consumer recycling – upgrading your telly/stereo/sofa? Old one not worth selling but too good for scrap? Then Freecycle it. Simple.

Only problem was my “local” Freecycle group was in London, so people were offering loads of stuff that was fifty miles away from me. So I set up a more local group – Guildford Freecycle – and in less than a fortnight it’s already got 34 members! Now I’m just waiting for that elusive bargain to crop up …