"It has to be done sometimes, but I’d have added them to the compost bins."
Yep, we thought of that but some of the bags were old 'bol' leftovers with bits of mince etc, and since I gave our side hedge a serious haircut, our lovely neighbours would have been treated to a rather nasty looking mess, plus Roddie the rodent would have had a field day...
The heap is about 5 ft high, so needs a good seeing-to before long...