Today I bought a dodgy half whisky barrel off the back of a lorry. Off the back of a van, actually, but that didn’t sound quite so impressive. It wasn’t dodgy either, it was one of many used whilst filming a murder mysteries series at the Priory, just up the road from where I was working. I am kicking myself now that I didn’t ask what they were used for, although there was sand in the bottom of this one. A clue …… Anyway, the props guy (van driver) didn’t want to take them home. It definitely, however, is a half whisky barrel. I had a choice of cognac or whisky, I prefer the latter. We jammed the chosen one into the back seat of the Ford Focus. Driving home, even with my limited talents in the olfactory department, I sensed fumes filling the car, a heady fug of oaky booze. If I had been stopped by the police there would have been a lot of explaining to do.
Before I set off for home, I hesitantly called OH to warn him about the impending arrival. He was remarkably calm about the situation and has offered to drill holes in the bottom. Now where to place it and what to put in it? The kind of problems I relish.
Off The Edge Gardening 
Evidently nice, smooth wood. Cos it’s pre-sanded.
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What a wonderful van to happen upon!
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That is just what I thought 😁
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For one dreadful moment I thought you were going to say it’s your new hot tub 🤣
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😂 That made me LOL.
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Oh visions of you
With our friends in blue
Could have been quite a to-do 😊
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I would have blushed guiltily, I make a rubbish criminal!
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You jammy bugger!!??
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😂
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I too thought Maggie’s comment was very funny. If you had a series of them maybe three or five, you could have made an interesting interlinking water feature with water lilies of different colours in each….You have put whisky on my mind, and although I don’t drink during the week, one on the rocks tonight might be imbibed.. Another Snap Sis! Brandy is OK for cooking! Whisky in the glass…
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One of my all time favourites is Whisky Mac, it is medicinal. I love your idea! Enjoy your evening tipple, Sis x
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Oooh, use it as a pond. Today’s countryside summer show on TV had Nick Bailey creating one in a half barrel, looked brilliant.
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It did cross my mind, but the other pond might be jealous! First it will be a planter and then, who knows. 🙂
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You have a pond already? You do work fast. 😊
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It is very diddy! We call it the watering hole, because the birds love to drink out of it. We have a diddy waterlily and a diddy typhus and some not so diddy water lettuce. I love it. 🙂
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