More wild boar prep

Today was pretty much all about getting ready for tomorrow’s arrivals.  Myself and Steve started by checking out the electric fence.  Unfortunately, after wondering why the ‘tester’ wasn’t working, we noticed that it was only meant to work to a max of 4 amps, whereas our battery was 75.  Oops.  “Guess we’ll need to use our hands then”, says Steve grabbing the fence…

We put signs and locks on the gates and Steve shows around the dangerous animals inspector, and a member of the local constabulary.  Obviously word of the pigs is getting about.

Marion, the long term French volunteer, turned up today.  She had been staying out in the bothy at Corrimony, but the weather had been crap.  The last straw came when wind kept blowing the smoke from the fire she had lit down into the bothy.

Steve informs (asks) me that I’ll be travelling to pick up the pigs with him tomorrow.  They are to be collected from Highland Wildlife Park.  We’ll leave at half 6 in the morning.   I need to go to bed early.  So Steve brings round a bottle of wine…