Yesterday we had arranged to help Big Dave at the cabin, so after feeding animals we headed over there in time for Popmaster. On the agenda was fixing the ceiling panels. We had a cup of tea and then made a start. Predictably it was not straightfoward and before lunch we had just about got the first one up with lots of swearing, bumping heads (up on the mezzanine, literally just a crawl space really) and arses showing (all wearing jeans which slipped down and tops which rode up with all the scrambling around). We came back to ours for lunch and then headed back over and had a slightly more productive afternoon.
Ady was starting to feel unwell so was a little delicate, he is still not right but we are hoping a good nights sleep and an easy day tomorrow may see him right again. Illness here really scares me, we are so far away from doctors, pharmacies and even flushing loos and a nice hot bath when feeling ill. There are so few home comforts and even less emergency medical supports.
Dave came over for dinner and we had a nice evening before he headed back to the cabin.
This morning Ady and I both worked – Ady at the hostel, me at Post Office. It was a busy one for me with lots of people hanging about waiting for the boat to come and take them off – yesterdays boat had been cancelled so all the hogmanay revellers had been stuck here an extra night. I met Ady and the kids came down with Bonnie, having packed a picnic and brought Scarlett’s metal detector. The post has bought everything Ady and the kids were waiting for for my birthday so they are very pleased. It also brought a replacement charge controller for the wind turbine. It has not been working properly and we hoped it was the charge controller which was the cheapest bit to replace so ordered one. Ady has fitted it and it appears to be fine again now so fingers crossed that is that sorted. It’s windy tomorrow so we should know for sure then.
We did some metal detecting along the beach but had forgotten to bring a shovel to dig things up so after about an hour came back home. Ady and I walked along to Dave’s for a cup of tea and chat. Vikki was there having come off the boat. Ady came home to feed the animals and lie on the sofa feeling sorry for himself. I walked down with Vikki and Dave and had a couple of beers at the shop before coming home and cooking dinner. Everyone is knackered so they were all in bed long before 10pm and I am about to follow. Hoping Ady is better in the morning and the rest of us remain okay.