We are on the road again today after just over 2 months at Teasses Estate. We have landed in Aberdeen, and tomorrow we are catching the ferry to Lerwick, Shetland Islands. The ferry is a pleasant 14.5 hour journey... if my last ferry ride is anything to go by, I'll more than likely vomit myself to death before we arrive.
We have a couple of nights in Lerwick to recover from said purging, and then we start with our new helpx host on Wednesday. We will be working at The Baltasound Hotel, doing...we don't know, for how long...we don't know that either.
We have loved our time at Teasses..it's been the perfect escape from the world. Zero stress work, made enjoyable by the fresh air, red robins that follow you everywhere (because gardeners usually = worms), and the humor of the great people that we've been working with. It wouldn't have been the same without Ian & Tegan, and Jordan..well he's just so adorable that we wanted to pack him up and take him with us. Living with him has been like having a drunk puppy! We've managed to unwind and de-stress from our lives back home, so now it's time to move on...for now. It was the perfect place to start our adventure, and we can't thank Terry enough for inviting us to stay all those months ago.
Terry is one of those people who are so unique that you never forget them. He's even expanded our vocabulary! We now get 'pished' until we are totally 'steamboated'. Oh and I guess he taught us some things about plants n stuff...
We will go back to Teasses before we leave Scotland, maybe to work, maybe just to see the gardens in a different season (when everything isn't brown and mushy). It's true what they say about travelling, it's largely the people and not the place that determines whether you have a good time or not. And we've had a great time :)
Farewell Potting Shed Peeps, we'll never look at a garden bed or pile of leaves the same way again (ever!).
