Ludlow Castle. Shropshire, England
When Will and
Bobbie got a letter informing them that they had been accepted to be part of “Life in
a Castle” for 6 months to learn and manage the reality of life in a
castle, well, they were beyond excited.
Apparently, they
had skills that would prove useful for the care of a huge old castle in Ludlum,
England. Will had won Forged in Fire episode where he won $10,000 for making an
outstanding sword.
Bobbie’s
special skill was not really evident. His dad owned a company that installed
septic systems for excrement disposal. On his dad’s advice, Bobbie wrote that
he was a manager of “Septic System R Us”.
They found
themselves in the bailey with a large crew surrounded by forests leading
to bog land, a variation of villages and fields around them. Will
was led to the stables where he would prove his skills making metal objects. No
problem, he would do just fine.
Bobbie, on
the other hand, was taken to the part of the Castle called the “garderobe”. He thought
he would be a guard of a robe, some sort of clothing. He strutted proudly to the
area, where his skills could be used.
When the group
reached the side where the “garderobe” was, it was explained what it was. Bobbie looked up at the part at the
top of the castle where the occupants used the garderobe as a toilet
and deposited excrement to fall all at the bottom of the wall. Workers then shoveled
the poop into a wagon to take to the fields beyond.
Bobbie shook
his head, sighing heavily, looking at a pile of excrement recently dropped from the toilet “Poop follows me
wherever I go. Dad would be so proud.”
***What is a garderobe?
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Wed Words, 6-5-26 can be found at River, where other bloggers are challenged to use 6-12 words and write for fun. Go there and post your own take on the words:
1.sculpture
2.amendment 3.timeline 4.bog 5.castle
and/or:
1.sword
2.crew 3.buffalo 4.forest 5.variation
