18th July 2012 - Sherratt's Wood
Well - we will be soon... Lovely B & B - the Rooks Nest .. Comfortable beds - nice shower and excellent cooked breakfast - all sourced locally - the pigs from up the road to provide the sausages, and bacon - local eggs ... and milk from the farm.....
Walked the dogs at 8am and though it is trying to spit a little - it looks as though we may get a day of sunshine and showers. Met warning for torrential rain in Western Scotland - but they are still having a drought so they may be happy.
Killing an hour now before we arrive at Sherratt's Wood and start the set up.
First part of setup done.. Now 10pm - had fish and chips this evening rather than steak and very welcome it was - care of Lawrence and Curious Pastimes..
Been a mixed set up. Rain and showers followed by sun for a while - but the whole site is rather saturated..
The suggested set up was on the main field - always better for trade to be in the In Character area - near the arena and the games ... but in this case that meant being on a slope - which was a little too steep for safety. We were convinced that benches and tables would topple in the course of the weekend ...
Instead we have set up in the trees by the main toilet block - convenient but very tight on space - and we ended up spending some time tieing the branches back to stop them rubbing on the canvass - which would just force the wet through the canvass.. We are also about 25 yards away from the van - doesn't sound much - but after you have barrowed 5 ton of goods through 25 yards of wet - soggy - muddy ground - you find that it saps your strength . Not that we have barrowed it yet - we are happy to have the tent up and the bedroom ready and on this version - a new tarpauling to keep the bedding dry .. and it seems to be working...
Two beautiful Thunder Storms and torrential rain later this evening... Susie has been excavating as usual and has built her trench around the tents - before it rained - and the water course has proved very effective - directing the water away from the main tent.
All those years practising building damns on the beach have finally paid off !!
Dogs both wet and muddy ... everything a little moist ... [hehe heh - he said "Moist"!!]
Angry Bird is singing in the background - iPod care of Gary {sluggie] Thank you ...
Running the laptop in the dark - will correct the spelling mistakes tomorrow ..
Richard sadly is not able to be with us after an incident in the battle at Tewkesbury - we wish him well ...
Bookers managed their delivery fine - and the Brewery brought the beer
Just have to get it all into the tent now -
Job for another day tomorrow ...
Showers here very nice and am warm - clean - dry clothes - well except the feet...
Nice bottle of blush - maybe a glass of Scotch - Slainte....
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