You're probably wondering why we've put a picture of a loo and bucket on here.
Well, we thought it would be fun telling you about our living conditions when we stayed the first time in Portland during the renovations.
We stayed there for four nights, we had no running water in the house but a standpipe type thing in the back garden and we used this to fill the bucket so we could flush the loo.
Bibley called this the 'Thunder Box' cos it's the outside loo that had a kind of temporary building built between it and the house. There was an Act in Parliament around the 1930's where toilets had to be inside the house, so lots of people did this type of cheap building.
We weren't allowed out there in case we got scared or flushed down the loo by mistake cos it was very dark at night and with only a torch to light the way - I wasn't scared but Tulip was.
We all slept on an air bed, it was really comfortable, which surprised us and everything was covered in dust. It's surprising where you find dust you know and being unable to wash properly wasn't very pleasant. We certainly hummed in the car on the drive back !!!
As always Ratters .....
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