Having got the Chardonnay off in perfect condition (for sparkling) the silvereyes found the Pinot and have been giving it a right royal pasting. As our daily usage (household, guests use and glass washer) is about 200 litres/day and spray water is 5,600 litres pa, it looks like a lot of it will be drained straight into Pollock’s Creek which runs through the vineyard.īut, on the other hand, if Oz does start to dry out we have about four years of drinking water up our sleeve! Vintage has turned a bit nasty Working on our annual average (if that keeps up) we stand to collect 324,000 litres annually and that doesn’t include the sheds. 10 mm of rain gives us 4,500 litres of lovely water. I should have measured the area of the roof before finalising the plan as we collect much faster than I thought. Well, that’s what we have just done as part of our drought-proofing programme. We wondered where our environment award was when I read about Toyota getting one for recycling all their roof water. In my past life I was a VIP captain flying Sir John Kerr and Sir Zelman Cowan whilst they held that lofty office. Oh, on the other hand there is also John Bunyan (Pilgrims Progress) on my mother’s side just to help balance the books! Nevertheless, Providence wishes Ms Bryce all the best as she prepares herself for her new role as Governor-General of Australia. Most of the rest were pit workers in West Lothian. I still have an ex RAF Remington typewriter that Uncle Freddie stole for my father during WWII. Speaking of n’ere do wells, we also have a black marketeer and a member of the Liverpool mafia in the family as well (long deceased). But Scottish Highland cattle are far more photogenic than sheep. I am a direct descendent of Rob Roy McGregor who, contrary to the movie, was in fact a sheep stealer and not a cattle rustler.

If we are I doubt she would want to recognise all our rellies. Quentin Bryce is not my sister, but we are probably related somewhere back in Scotland.

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