20th January 2011, 02:48 PM
Isn`t Maidstone a delighful place!? Gwyl- I`m surprised you didn`t wear flak jackets the moment you turned off the M20. I was once billeted in the home of a rampant alcoholic. The fridge was dripping in blood and occupied by all manner of mammal parts. The dinners involved embedded insects and the landlady had a nasty but strangely comforting habit of exposing her breasts at me during breakfast. All very well you may say but they virtually reached the kitchen floor.
Ended up in a two man tent at the foot of a giant spoil heap on a very wet clay site once. Lived on site in the tool shed once too. In recent times, one notable place actually turned out to be a hostel for those unlucky youngsters suffering from self-induced chemical obsessions. Simply marvelous! Minging but marvelous. So much so, my P.O laid on top of his bed in his work clothes to keep clean.
On one occasion, my employer put us up in a rather spiffing hotel. The end of the digging day was celebrated with a shower, a sauna, a swim in the pool and a jolly good fart in the bubble bath. The bar food was invigorating as was the wildlife on the many-program telly device in the privacy of ones own room too.
The accomo for projects can range from toilets to plush and all in between. Depends on the employer and his/her ethics and budget. Hey ho. What is not acceptable is the total lack of on-site welfare provision for field staff. Ever.
Ended up in a two man tent at the foot of a giant spoil heap on a very wet clay site once. Lived on site in the tool shed once too. In recent times, one notable place actually turned out to be a hostel for those unlucky youngsters suffering from self-induced chemical obsessions. Simply marvelous! Minging but marvelous. So much so, my P.O laid on top of his bed in his work clothes to keep clean.
On one occasion, my employer put us up in a rather spiffing hotel. The end of the digging day was celebrated with a shower, a sauna, a swim in the pool and a jolly good fart in the bubble bath. The bar food was invigorating as was the wildlife on the many-program telly device in the privacy of ones own room too.
The accomo for projects can range from toilets to plush and all in between. Depends on the employer and his/her ethics and budget. Hey ho. What is not acceptable is the total lack of on-site welfare provision for field staff. Ever.