Week Seven – Part Two

We are taking some time out and have moved into the holiday home with the rest of the family now that some people have gone home and there’s a free bedroom.

We are going for a walk up the hill to work off our dinner and although it’s a bit wet and overcast we still get lovely views down to Loch Fyne.

Further up the hill Mary points out some tiny strawberries she found on an earlier walk and we all give them a try.

We’re back at the house and our grandchildren go to bed so all the adults gather in the living room with wine and snacks. Eddie and and Mary introduce us to Heardle which is a guess the song title from a few seconds of the intro music type of quiz. It’s a lot of fun but there is only one song a day. To keep the fun going we are playing guess the song using Pete’s Spotify account. This is very enjoyable because we range in age from our 20s to our 70s and that makes for an eclectic mix of songs. If you have spotify here is a link to the playlist created from our game https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7rZFw8iZPcIUF7byS6B410?si=6IGxsmVOTh-KVfEVUEs2vg

It’s Thursday morning and there won’t be too much happening at the plot today because the delivery lorry with the sewage treatment works and all the soil pipes has broken down and can’t deliver until Monday. Lorne will be able to do some work even though he isn’t going to do a full day.

We are taking advantage of the free time and are having a lazy morning. We decide to go and canoe on the Crinan Canal where it passes by Lochgilphead between locks four and five. It’s a nice warm calm day and the canal is quiet.

It’s a nice walk and paddle for our group and after two miles we arrive at the Cairnbaan Hotel where we are stopping for refreshments.

Now that we are topped up we return to the cars and head back for dinner. Our evening entertainment tonight is to play Wavelength, an interesting game and quite a lot of fun that also delves into our similarities and differences.

This morning Pete is leaving early to help Lorne set out exactly where the house will sit on the site. It’s a bit of a head scratcher if you haven’t done it before.

This is our last morning with the family before they head home and everyone, except Pete, helps to tidy and clean the house before setting off to visit the plot on the way home.

It’s perfect timing when everyone arrives at the plot because many hands are needed to set up the strings and check the diagonals to make sure everything is where it should be and is perfectly square.

It is taking us quite a while to get this right and without the help of the family, especially Ross, Kathleen and Ali who are spending a lot of their time helping out, it would be near impossible for us. So a big thanks to all of you.

Now that everyone, except Lorne, has gone the next step is to mark up where all the waste pipes come up through the concrete foundation slab. We are taking a lot of care with the measuring because we can’t get this wrong and it is a time consuming and frustrating job.

It’s been a long hard day for Pete and he hasn’t been feeling too well. He has had a cough for a couple of days but didn’t think much of it, but now he also has a headache so he is taking a Rapid Flow Test. Unfortunately it’s positive!

Up until now it has been a very rewarding and fun week, especially having so many of the family around, but it’s going to have to be a quiet few days in isolation now.