MR KELSEY (Letters, May 19) is not alone in having to queue 20 minutes at Crowndale waste centre while a mammoth skip is loaded.

I relax and enjoy my car radio or the bird song. When the gate is opened I am impressed by the well organised layout — a splendid example of getting a quart into a pint pot.

No less admirable is the courtesy and helpfulness of the staff.

G Kirkpatrick

Parkwood Road

Tavistock