The girls......out and about !
Mission.....accomplished......sometimes you gotta Do It Yourself !!
Zonda.......roasting by the fire......!!Well as it has been a cold start to the New Year....very little has changed. Apart from the rapid diminishing hay and oil supplies !
I ordered my replacement oil before Christmas, however for some reason, due to the bad weather, this I was told....could not be delivered until after the New Year ! I was ok with this as I had plenty....which was a good thing !
Now obviously......... I re-rang after the New Year....however....a different story....was told....it was now a case of.....with the weather and one thing and another.....they couldn't tell me when they could deliver....which was no good !!
As I live up a farm track which is liable to block-in with snow in bad weather.......I couldn't take the risk of running out....or not knowing when a delivery would be made........and even if they could deliver...estimated delivery dates.....2/3 weeks....what's to say the weather is good and they can get to the farm !
So there was no other thing for it........get your own !!....so I did......sometimes...if you want something done....you just got to do it yourself.....and not be left waiting for someone else to just let you down !!
I have made two trips to the Fuel Supplier.....one for my friend...who was seriously out of oil ! In fact her gauge was on One.....and the alarm had been warning them of low supply.....this was temporarily topped up with small containers....but if your gonna do a job you might as well.....get large !!
So we purchased an IBC container which holds 1000 ltrs.....and we have both got 500 lts each......so the tanks are happy and the heating is on......no need to worry about the oil now ..... YEHAH !!
Apparently this oil delivery problem, is not just up here in Scotland.....Debbie and Paul at Barnacre Alpacas are also....waiting for an oil delivery...and sadly have ran out ! NOT GOOD !! in this weather.....
If I had lived nearer....they could have......used the same idea !!
So.....that's what we have been doing over the past couple of days....here....The alpacas and other animals are well.....and it was a case of looking after number one !
As you can see...from the photos..of today...we have snow...and its freezing.....so hopefully if I run out of anything else...it might just be a trip to the shops....for the odd.......toilet roll......!! :0)
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6 comments:
Brilliant idea with the heating oil Jayne, they say that the Lord helps those that helps themselves.
You really do have some spirit in you lady. One very resourceful person.
Nice one.
Sorry you still have snow.
Rob n Les xxx
Looks like a lot of snow still with you!
Glad you have heat - very resourceful!
Thankfully our snow is almost gone now and our oil is supposed to be coming on Monday, fingers crossed!
I've been going to ring you all week but it's always too late before I get round to it.
Good for you, Jayne! It would be bad to run out of oil - glad you took matters into your own hands.
Hi Jayne, Hope Zonda didn't get too much of a toasted bum! A milder week to come apparently so perhaps you'll get rid of your snow - at last. Take care. Shirley & Robbie
cue chorus, " sisters, are doing it for themselves..." - good move Jayne, that's another chapter for the self-sufficiency book you'll be writing...:-)
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