Across the Bridge
“The river ran high for two days and a night, and when it subsided it left a tide of stinking, sticky mud along the bank.
Right in front of the cabin a swarm of flies spewed out of a dead fish stranded in a mesh of washed-up reeds and sticks. I had to take a shovel and push it back into the water. Inside, the cabin walls swelled and mould bloomed on the ceilings. On the third night of rain I found silvery slime trails and a snail on my bedding, and couldn’t sleep. I lay wide awake, deciding I ha...d to talk to Silva about buying camp beds and some other bits of furniture. There was no need to sleep on the floor and keep everything in boxes, as if we lived in a tent. Even after spending over five hundred pounds on the generator we could surely afford it, and Ron could pick up whatever we bought from Inverness in his Land Rover and bring it up to the cabin by boat. We had electric light now, a fluorescent strip in the kitchen and single bulbs hanging from the ceilings.
The friendly buzz of the little fridge and fresh milk were still novelties.MoreLess
Right in front of the cabin a swarm of flies spewed out of a dead fish stranded in a mesh of washed-up reeds and sticks. I had to take a shovel and push it back into the water. Inside, the cabin walls swelled and mould bloomed on the ceilings. On the third night of rain I found silvery slime trails and a snail on my bedding, and couldn’t sleep. I lay wide awake, deciding I ha...d to talk to Silva about buying camp beds and some other bits of furniture. There was no need to sleep on the floor and keep everything in boxes, as if we lived in a tent. Even after spending over five hundred pounds on the generator we could surely afford it, and Ron could pick up whatever we bought from Inverness in his Land Rover and bring it up to the cabin by boat. We had electric light now, a fluorescent strip in the kitchen and single bulbs hanging from the ceilings.
The friendly buzz of the little fridge and fresh milk were still novelties.MoreLess
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