Portaloo Hire Helped my Holiday From Going Down the Swannie.
Portaloo Hire Helped my Holiday From Going Down the Swannie. Mark AttwoodAfter completing my exams, my friends and I decided to go camping in DevonIt was the summer before we were all due to go off to our separate universities, so we were determined to have a good time.The campsite was pretty basic, but it didn’t matter, it was next to the beach and had an awesome panorama.The days were filled with sunbathing and swimming and evenings would be spent around the campfire telling stories.
One evening, it started to rain and this turned into an almighty downpour which lasted all night.We all huddled together and played blackgammon for hours and drank hot chocolate – we were not venturing out that evening!Our tent survived the vicious weather, it wasn’t the best looking tent, but it was extremely weather-proof. The next day we walked down to the showers to find that the toilets were completely flooded.
The farmer who owned the campsite was going ballistic – 150 campers onsite and nowhere for them to go to the toilet!The health and safety aspect was pretty big – so the door of his house was open for anyone who was desperate to go.Every plumber that was contacted were unable to come out – the farmer was at his whit’s end.I reached in to get my mobile and camly rang my dad.hire services!~I was about to save the situation – my dad was managing director of a Mark Attwood company!~It was obvious – my Dad was the director of a company – I was about to save the day!}
I asked my Dad if he could get organise portaloo hire to my campsite as soon as possible – he told me it was not a problem.I let the farmer know what was happening – he hugged me telling me I’d saved his bacon.the driver arrived with the lovely portable toilets on the back.~Pretty soon after, one of my Dad’s vans came onsite and set up the units by the washrooms.~Within no time at all, the wagon carrying the units arrived on site and were placed down by the shower units.}After the driver had a bit of a giggle at the poor farmer’s expense, he told him that he could keep them onsite until his normal toilets and plumbing had been repaired.
After all that, me and my friends decided to enjoy the sunshine on the beach until later afternoon when we returned to our tent to find a basket of porkpies and cider waiting for us – a thank you form the farmer and his wife.We enjoyed the food and cider and for the rest of the holiday the farmer treated us like family.It just goes to show that knowing someone in the portaloo hire business can come in very uselful sometimes!
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