a fairground life

Sunday
It was around 3pm when I awoke following the music event. By 4pm we were on our way to the borders. The rain was falling heavy on the west coast and I began to wish I had made the journey earlier, when I had left the rave. I had visions of the fairground being soft when I arrived. As I past Edinburgh the rain eased. When I got to the village, it was dry. They had never got any rain. Knowing it was on its way, we wasted no time and got the miami set on its plot. It was tight and took a few shunts, but thankfully no ruts were made. Re-enstatement costs are high these days. In time gone by, the park keeper would say,"dinae wurry aboot the ruts sonny!, its turnin the grass ower". Not now, private companies maintain the parks and everything costs. Fees cans run into thousands of pounds. The ride was set,that was enough for this day.
Monday
"r" built up the miami. We get water from a widow, that lives behind the fair here. For the last year she has been stepping over a low barrier she erected across her garden. This was to stop the rabbits getting in. I offered to make her a fence with a gate. She accepted.I went to pick up materiels from Peebles, a few miles away. Blakey and I built the fence that afternoon. It was only 10 ft long and by late afternoon it was complete. Good deed done for the day.
Tuesday
Up in the morning and another coat of paint on the fence before we leave for-A family day out. We went and visited the Grey Mares Tail, a 200ft high water fall. We climbed up the hill for over an hour to the Loch. It was hard work but the view was spectacular.
Wednesday
Up in the morning and the last skydiver car is stripped out, the frame inspected,cleaned and painted. The car insert is sprayed black and the everything is put back together again. Then "r" and I decided to alter the front of the water lasers. We wanted to move the headboard forward onto the front shutter. This was because it was hidden by the front shutter when it was open. It seemed like a simple job, but 4 hours later we were still working. It was nearly 6pm before we got finished. The job has made a difference though.
The wheel barrow race is tonight. The locals dam the river to make it deeper (about 2ft/ 600mm) then they race through it on themed wheel barrows. There are several heats and the whole village turns out to watch. We opened again for this night and business was fare. The sun shone well into the evening.
Thursday
At last, the final Decals are stuck onto the water lasers. "r" paints the wheels on the skydiver truck and the diesel man arrives. I was glad to see him, as I had ordered diesel here other years and none turned up! We opened again tonight, but there was nothing on at the Green, so it was quiet and we closed at 8pm.