After Popmaster Ady and I went down to the village – we collected post (a new pillow for me) from yesterday and I picked up the Rumble (newsletter) from the office. Then to meet the boat.
Ali came and sat in the car for a chat with me while we waited for it to come in. I’m getting on much better with her these days. I don’t think we’ll ever be close as we just don’t have enough in common but it’s nice to feel we have connected better. Billy the builder (the one who’s mats got our static up the hill) came off the boat – he is here for 12 weeks. It was good to see him, he was such a source of support for us in our early days here and is a bit of a fixture of Rum for us. Ady and I both gave him a cuddle 🙂
Ady got caught up helping load some deer on to the game dealer truck and I had a meeting at midday so I walked down to the whitehouse for that in the end. It was supposed to be four of us but only 2 of us turned up… Meeting done and Vikki, Lesley and I ended up having a brief secondary meeting afterwards by which time I was more than ready to get home for lunch. I got hailed and rained on as I went but by the time I reached the croft it was sunny again. Ady had brought up the last of the laundry, my pillow and some more logs.
I had lunch with the kids while Ady did some outsidey things and then at 430 we shut the curtains and put the lights on deciding the day was over. I had a long catch up chat with Julie on the phone – it’ so nice that she knows all the people here and so much of the back stories and politics as we can actually have a good old gossip about all things Rum.
The rent seems to be taking it’s time finding its way to our bank account this month so I have emailed the letting agents to chase it. Feeling a bit worried about that with Christmas so close so hoping for a reassuring email reply tomorrow.