Emma Macalister Hall
What a rollercoaster day.
It started badly when I went to fill the kettle and discovered there was no water. Our worst fears were confirmed when Niall checked the tanks and discovered they were empty. 30,000 litres of water, GONE! After alerting our guests and residents , Niall scrambled the troops (Kenny R) whilst I filled containers from the cafe, which was mercifully unaffected.
Niall and Kenny then spent the day trying to solve the case of the missing water, getting absolutely soaked by the rain in the process (insult to injury).
Our lovely guests were incredibly patient and understanding and they all tried to refuse a free lunch at the cafe but I was having none of it. It was the very least we could do.
In amongst it all we’d forgotten that 24 primary 4s from Dalintober school were showing up after a special rainforest themed woodland school. They were an absolute DELIGHT and a credit to the school and their parents. It did take a while for all 24 to use the loo and one of our cafe guests thought the noise was a flock of geese but they brought some much needed light relief to a very stressful day. Particularly when a wee lass, whose mum is a good pal, greeted me with a cheery HELLO QUEEN EMMA.
Meanwhile King Niall and MVP Kenny R had isolated each property individually and eventually located the offending leak. A pipe following the burn down to South Lodge, had, over time, rubbed against the stone bridge and worn through. The burn provided the perfect cover for 30,000 litres of water to bypass our properties and flow directly into the sea.
Barring a few air locks, everything appears to back to abnormal. It’s now just water under the bridge.
*drops mic*
