It's Friday.3rd July...... the day before the true madness of the Tour de France in Yorkshire starts........ although we have already had some moments..........
Home Field, which is usually filled with sheep has been turned into a small village filled with some rather lovely "Glampers" from London....... We hired the field out originally to accommodate 30 campers with 2 portaloos.......... however, this has grown over time as the whole booking took on a life of it's own.... we ended up handing the whole thing over to the incredibly organised Nicole and her team......... they really are fantastic!
We now have 6 portable showers with their own hot water supply, 6 portaloos, 2 for girls and 4 for the boys... more lads to accommodate now, and the girls wanted them kept separate for obvious reasons, several thousand liters of drinking water, a catering wagon, a marquee with furniture for eating and music, and lots of little matching red tents.......... looks great actually......... even with the enormous divots where most of the delivery vehicles got stuck in one place or another........ hey ho... have tractor will drag!
Most of the sheep have been moved off the course to more gentle surroundings as we don't want them frightened...... or let loose for that matter.... however Mitsie and her 5 little charges are fastened into the top of home field so that Nanny McHawkins and her grandchildren can give them some TLC as we won't be able to get to them for 24 hour once the roads are closed........... with Sammy and her gang fastened into the top of Mrs Whaley's Field, with Dudley and Vincent next door........... They will all be fine!
Saturday for us will be spent overlooking the race in the garth behind the reading rooms where we have an enormous Bar-b-q organised... Champagne to start, tons of food, hot and cold, and gallons of booze.. should be a really good day with fine weather forecast............. Just can't wait!!!!
Home Field, which is usually filled with sheep has been turned into a small village filled with some rather lovely "Glampers" from London....... We hired the field out originally to accommodate 30 campers with 2 portaloos.......... however, this has grown over time as the whole booking took on a life of it's own.... we ended up handing the whole thing over to the incredibly organised Nicole and her team......... they really are fantastic!
We now have 6 portable showers with their own hot water supply, 6 portaloos, 2 for girls and 4 for the boys... more lads to accommodate now, and the girls wanted them kept separate for obvious reasons, several thousand liters of drinking water, a catering wagon, a marquee with furniture for eating and music, and lots of little matching red tents.......... looks great actually......... even with the enormous divots where most of the delivery vehicles got stuck in one place or another........ hey ho... have tractor will drag!
Most of the sheep have been moved off the course to more gentle surroundings as we don't want them frightened...... or let loose for that matter.... however Mitsie and her 5 little charges are fastened into the top of home field so that Nanny McHawkins and her grandchildren can give them some TLC as we won't be able to get to them for 24 hour once the roads are closed........... with Sammy and her gang fastened into the top of Mrs Whaley's Field, with Dudley and Vincent next door........... They will all be fine!
Saturday for us will be spent overlooking the race in the garth behind the reading rooms where we have an enormous Bar-b-q organised... Champagne to start, tons of food, hot and cold, and gallons of booze.. should be a really good day with fine weather forecast............. Just can't wait!!!!
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