I had foiled shower this morning – just as I had put conditioner on my hair and lathered up the rest of my body the water ran out 🙁 There is a vent in the roof of the shower so it is never a nice experience being in there on a windy or rainy day anyway but covered in lather, wet and naked exposed to the elements was far from fun. Ady went up to the burn to investigate and the filter covering the hose had gotten clogged up and come loose. He fixed it, I waited for the tank to fill back up and finished my shower. Brrr.
That took us to Popmaster, after which Ady and I went down to the village to see Gav who had offered to tow the Pajero back to the croft, complete with full load of animal feed which arrived on Saturday. Bonnie was out playing on the croft and Ady and I attempted to sneak past her by crouching down low behind the wall. We both found this hilarious and were snorting with laughter which attracted her attention and had her furiously barking as we made her jump. I almost wet myself laughing, it was so funny! Ady took her back home to the static and we carried on our way.
We had a cup of tea and chat with Gav and Laura before heading to the pier and bringing the car back. We’ve left it at the fork off to the crofts from the main track so that it is a good halfway point between the village and the croft – people could get to the car with their vehicles to drop stuff off for us and we can use it to hold things too. Eventually we will get it all the way down to the croft but for now it is good there.
Back home for lunch and then candle making for Scarlett and I. We had the idea of making layered ‘moods of Rum’ candles similar to my scarves having brainstormed for a while how to make them more Rum-esque and therefore more saleable to tourists. Another excellent idea was midge filled citronella candles which we’ll make when the midges return soon as I need to collect more for my resin stuff too. Scarlett designed four candles – The Sea is Alive (ocean colours), Rum Cuillin Ridge (grass, grey peaks, blue skies), Summer Skies (a series of blues) and Sunset at Kilmory (reds, oranges, yellows). We made them in silicone cake cases and they look fab. We need to get the layers more even next time and think they would be even better if taller and perfectly cylindrical rather than graduated wider at the top but an excellent first attempt and perfectly sale-able 🙂
Davies and I had a big chat about what he wants to do with his life – he is adamant he wants to travel more but didn’t really have much of a plan beyond that so we talked about deciding where he would like to travel, whether he is looking to stay long term in places or just pass through, to save up and travel like on holiday or to work as he goes, or to make traveling his job somehow. We got out the map of the UK and talked about the different counties, different places we’ve been to around the UK, where friends live, memories he has of various holidays, WWOOFing, trips and time spent in different places. It made me realise anew how well traveled the kids are in this country, both in the standard tourist destinations but also in culture and proper geographical knowledge.
Vikki came up for dinner and I had a rant about universities, we realised Vikki has never seen Torchwood so we ordered series 1 on dvd to watch with her one day next week and had a nice evening before she braved the wild weather to head home. It is mad windy out there tonight, reckon the gusts must be 70mph.