First things first; we didn’t make it to music night. We blame the weather, ‘getting old’ has also been suggested. Whatever, we had a very pleasant evening in with a movie, and Granny’s Bridge crew!
The next day the Fish van arrived. We were all very excited, and so bought all of his scallops (local caught!)
A usful piece of information worth inserting here was given to us by MIKE BLISS:
Def of wintering Honey Bunch: Laid up in ordinary
The state of a ship not in actual service, but laid up under the charge of officers: as, a ship in ordinary (one laid up under the direction of the officers of a navy-yard or dockyard).
We also went and had tea with Peter and Charlotte Bell. Lots of great stories were told, and art work admired, and then offered to us! We are looking forward to seeing them in Spring.
So, Honey bunch WAS covered with a tarp..that started to collect rain water..that started to seep through underneath, and leak through our roof (ROOF!).
Off came the tarp and in record time we had patched up another part of the roof (another shallow lipped window), keeping it warm with a hair dryer, packed up the tarp, rolled ropes, poured anti-freeze in the radiator, topped up screen wash, pulled up carpets, got dryer going inside the bus, read some camper van forums online about WINTERIZING (what a word!), and decided not to cover it. After all that!
Luckily it was the first non rainy day we have had since we arrived. Though as this blog is being typed the heavens have opened. A good test for our newly patched roof?
All of this was done before 12.19pm, and so we managed to do it all before heading off for a fabulous Sunday lunch with Granny at The Shores.
A very rich, very yummy lunch was consumed (fish soup, filo spinach pie, mushrooms on toast with creamy cheese, scallops, salmon and a rather large helping of chips, potatoes AND veg).
One would need to be a keen walker to live here for any length of time!
Saying that last nights dinner at home was equally as grand, we do live well!
Today is our last day in Plockton. Tomorrow we get a bus down to Glasgow, and then across to Cat’s parents where we have one night before Jana goes to London (to start getting a travelling show together for next summer, and work for First World Trash), and Cat stays in Lanark (commuting between Glasgow and Edinburgh to keep stores topped up with her fabulous hand cut leather earrings and bottle cap earrings).
It’s going to be an exciting few months.
We will reinstate Honey Bunch in the spring, and then our blog will resume.
Until then thanks so much for reading, and supporting us!
See you in 2012!!!!
Big love Jana & Cat xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
