Dear all,
I cant write about all the fantastic places weve been for the last 2 weeks because we havnt been anywhere, so this entry is going to be slightly more boring then any previous.
Our stove got smashed last night..gene from new Zealand opened up his cupboard which is above the stove and a bottle of oil fell from it and dropped onto the glass on top and but a hole in the glass, and because all the wires are exposed and theres bits of glass everywhere we cant use it anymore…and because we all eat a lot of pasta, soups, curries anything easy and quick to cook, were going to be a little stuck this week..but we still have a microwave!hooray. Damn new Zealanders.
This morning I was in the café. At night theres the bar from 6pm-11.30ish, meals are served from 6pm-9pm, and then the café is open from 10am-2pm. I was in the café by myself which means I was waitress, chef and cleaner all in one. Luckily it wasn’t too buzy, I made bacon rolls, hamburgers and cups of tea. Today (Wednesday) I have the afternoon off because im in the bar tonight from 6-11.30ish depending on how quick me and amy can boot people out of the bar and then clean up. The bar is fun, a few tips, strangely dan gets the most tips out of everyone..but theyre all from old men..strange..dan must be winking at them..susan from Newcastle doubts his sexuality. Today dan was on AM from 9am-1pm, I think he was concreting and then an hour for lunch and back concreting from 2-5pm. Dans other jobs include whipper snippering, moving vans, rubbish etc. We all do toilets, bar and cleaning caravans. Amy and I do pool attending and shop more then dan.
The shop has the hugest lolly chocolate section ever..its really bad because staff get 10percent off and the selection is huge so it would be rude to not try them all! The little kids at the park love the shop, they come in with pocket money and spend it all on lollies, toy guns and icy poles. Not that the weather is that hot, I would liken a Scottish summer to an australian autumn coming into winter.but with a lot more rain. The forecast for the weekend is rain and 16 today and more torrential rain and 15 tomorrow..lovely. Its beautiful when the sun is out, but when its not it can get a little chilly.
Pitlochry is near an army base, so during the day at least 5 fighter jets scream overhead..everyday, and they’re not just little flecks in the sky, theyre so low we can see details. Have also seen helicopters and a huge carrier plane. Dan loves it.
We have our own rooms..mine and dans is a nice lilac colour, it use to grannys room (the business and park have been family owned for generations and they only just moved out of the park to a house down the road, but granny dies) anyway, granny was going blind so above the bed is a light, not just any light though, its an outdoor strength light, its blinding and feels like im getting a suntan just sitting under it, so it kinda works like a heat lamp!thanks granny. Our room has its own sink and mirror, and the toilet and shower are just down the hallway.
Im getting good at cleaning toilets too, there are three toilet blocks, the biggest is in the tent field with around 20 toilets and 6 showers, the scrubbing part isn’t fun but theres a hose to wash down the floors and showers and the first time I think I got more water on myself then the floor, at least it was clean water, well some of it was I duck squirted the urinals and then washed them out with the hose but didn’t consider the shape of the urinal and the water swilled around and came straight back at me…lovely.
Cleaning cabins isn’t too bad, as long as you can find the cabin, I wondered the park looking for cabin 9. When I finally asked someone they turned the key up the other way so that it was cabin 6 instead. 6 and 9 are so sneaky. The kitchens all get wiped down, toilets and showers cleaned, visitors have to bring their own linen which is great because we don’t have to make beds, wipe the floors, vacuum and if the visitors were particularly stinky quickly run around spraying air freshener then quickly shut the door and leave the nice smelliness inside…and some cabins really stink, cant work out why some smell worse then others. Anything we find in the cabins we find we can keep..we’ve drunk a bottle of southern and another of archers that we found, today I found cup-a-soup, hand wash and some dishwashing detergent. Last week found some butter, icecreams, oil and some winnie the pool towels that I decided not to keep..along with the mens jocks I found as well.
Hope all is well at home and everyone enjoyed their holidays.
Love jess xoxo
