From a lady requesting an audience with The Queen, to someone asking if they can walk their donkey on a public footpath, Notts County Council have revealed some of the more unusual calls they receive from members of the public.
The call centre has also spoken to a person who lost their trainers on the way home from the pub and wanted to locate them and someone else who wondered if they would be allowed to exercise their kestrel at Mansfield tip.
Other strange requests have included:
Caller: "I'd like you to ask the archery club who use the field near us to practice to move their targets. The targets are next to the public footpath which means they are firing arrows at me when I walk past!"
Caller: "Can you tell me where the Studio Hairdressers in Bingham have moved to please? It's cheap for pensioners and they do your feet as well!"
Caller: "Can I put a tent on the verge for guests to stay in?"
Caller: "Do I need to take a puncture repair kit with me on the Great Notts Bike Ride and how much do they cost?"
Caller: "I have tripped in a pothole, broken my arm and cannot get into the budgie cage. Can you help?"
Caller: "How can I dispose of a metal longbow and arrows? Are they accepted at the tip?"
The longbow and arrows in question ended up on display at the Sherwood Forest Visitor's Centre.
The council has released the information to coincide with the launch of its new number for the public - 0300 500 80 80 - on November 5.
The change means that wherever you live in Nottinghamshire, the call will be billed as a local one.
Calls to 0300 numbers are included in all-inclusive minutes and discount schemes offered by telecoms and mobile phone providers.
Councillor Martin Suthers, Deputy Leader of Nottinghamshire County Council said, "Since our Customer Service Centre opened in July 2008, it has handled a staggering 1.75 million enquiries, so I suppose it's not surprising that some of them are unusual."
Nottinghamshire County Council's Customer Service Centre is based at Annesley, Nottinghamshire and is open six days a week, from 8am to 8pm, Monday to Friday and from 9am to 12noon, Saturday.
