Monday, October 8, 2012

I'm clean!!!

After the flooding in this area of Spain, we have had no running water for ten days. Irony of ironies! We have been grafting hard to clean up the house and the patios, becoming exceedingly dirty in the process. I have been putting up with strip washes but getting a mite frustrated with the situation because I just didn't feel properly clean.

Until today! My wonderful husband, Bryn, has built us a solar heated power shower in the back garden!


The black painted fuel can, sitting on top of the boiler house, holds 20 litres of water. Left in the sun all day, it warms up nicely. The garden shower we already had but, because gravity wasn't enough to produce a good spray, Bryn fitted an old washing machine pump in between to turn it into a power shower. 

My husband, who never throws anything away, is a complete genius! 

It's just as well that nobody lives behind us, though. The back wall came down in the floods! I felt a little exposed but I didn't care. That shower was pure luxury! 

P.S. Tomorrow, I am going to buy a bath mat and a towel rail!

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Location: Huércal-Overa, Andalusia, Spain

10 comments:

  1. UnknownOctober 8, 2012 at 10:07 AM

    Whoo hoo! Showering in the open air:)

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  2. Jennifer YoungOctober 8, 2012 at 10:35 AM

    had no idea you had been hit so hard!! Where are you located? Devastating for so many. Glad to hear you are finally showering again? Need any soap????? xoxoxo Jen

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    1. bluetinaOctober 8, 2012 at 12:48 PM

      Hi Jen! I'm just north of Huercal-Overa. How did you fare? You are in Garrucha, aren't you? I heard that was hard hit, too.

      Are you going to send me a soap parcel? LOL

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  3. Forget Me Not Soap ShopOctober 8, 2012 at 11:00 AM

    That is so cool!!

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    1. bluetinaOctober 8, 2012 at 12:50 PM

      Hi Kellie! Actually, it was quite warm, thank goodness!

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  4. SeventhChildOctober 8, 2012 at 2:02 PM

    Being able to get clean makes everything so much better, doesn't it!?

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    1. bluetinaOctober 9, 2012 at 2:48 PM

      Oh yes, it does! I had another shower and washed my hair this afternoon! My spirits are lifted!

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  5. Dawn ZuberOctober 12, 2012 at 3:46 PM

    You are brave to shower in the open air, Tina. I am pretty sure I'd be buying a shower curtain and rigging up a ring to hold it if I was in your situation. I hope you get your house cleaned up and your water back on soon!

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    1. bluetinaOctober 13, 2012 at 6:50 AM

      I'm not brave, I was just too dirty to care! I did think of a shower curtain or a screen of some sort but that seemed to be going too far. If anybody saw me covered in suds, their nervous breakdown would be their own problem! LOL

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