Coal To Newcastle

[GIDDLEPIN]

This has to be one of my strangest loads yet.

On Friday I had to deliver 20 tones of water to Malvern The up side was it went to Malvern St James College which was an all girls establisment ;) .

When I went to the main entrance for the site location they were having a coffee morning for the cancer trust and asked if I wanted one (Fnarr-Fnarr), I said no but I did have some water if they wanted

So......Deliver 20 tons of water nearly 200 miles to...................Fill up two holes!!!!

One of the holes

Who can guess why the two holes were filled up? ;)

[dave.m]

To feed a storage system ?

or

Its a very deep hole with a big fire at the bottom

or

There is a very big pump at the bottom that needs priming.

Doh, thats my 3 guesses gone

[GIDDLEPIN]

No,no and.......No

[Norfolk n Chance]

The girls wanted to go skinny dipping but didn't have pool?? :D

[Pompey Gaz]

see how deep 20 tones of water is?

[Kev Mc]

To settle an arguement about whether they were bottomless pits or not?

[Red Yaris 54]

Was it for use on the construction site for mixing concrete?

[Pompey Gaz]

to see where the holes went?

[JappyBeast]

Could they not get the water from somewhere else?

[Pompey Gaz]

they are starting their own bottled water factory?

[GIDDLEPIN]

Could they not get the water from somewhere else?

That's what I keep wandering. Maybe they need all their water for bottling (I'm sure I've seen bottles of Malvern Water)

see how deep 20 tones of water is?

That tank was full to the brim and it held 5556 US gallons

to see where the holes went?

You're very close with this ;)

[cfc1]

irrigation?

Or.... to check for possible flood plains?

[Pompey Gaz]

see how long it would take to evaporate?

[chatman]

Make a large water bomb..............

[GIDDLEPIN]

It was to check the sub soil drainage

It was intended to fill the hole, let it drain, then fill again to check the seepage rate........

Unfortunately after filling both holes the water level never dropped at all! :o ......looks like they have a problem

[Pompey Gaz]

??

[chatman]

It was to check the sub soil drainage

It was intended to fill the hole, let it drain, then fill again to check the seepage rate........

Unfortunately after filling both holes the water level never dropped at all! :o ......looks like they have a problem

Yep one hell of a lot of water to get rid of......

[Pompey Gaz]

bottle it lol

where would you get that much water from anyways? and how much would it cost?!

Edited October 1, 2007 by Pompey Gaz

[GIDDLEPIN]

Just a bit of info:

It took just short of two days to fill that tank using a 1 inch hose ;)

[Kev Mc]

Where did the water come from? (as in where it was stored, I don't want a science lesson before the smartubiks start)

[Calisto]

very exciting......think skinny dipping would have been more fun though!!!!!!!

[GIDDLEPIN]

Where did the water come from? (as in where it was stored, I don't want a science lesson before the smartubiks start)

Just an ordinary tap Kev ;)

[Pompey Gaz]

how much did that set them back? lol couldn't they use their own hose? or ask the fire brigade for help?

[JappyBeast]

I dont understand why the water had to travel so far. Is it special water?

[Blue84]

Uh oh...wonder what they'll do then if the level never moved at all...actually there probably isnt much they could do!!