Probably something people don't think of when they think of living on an island, but even the most simple tasks are logistically more complicated than on the mainland, for instance the need for fuel and gas for heating, running the ovens and refrigerators etc etc.
Being on an island obviously its not piped in from the mainland so it has to be delivered by the only way Bardsey knows, by boat.
The fuel is then lifted from the boat to either a quad bike and trailer or small buggy we have on the island, its then driven up to the observatory where the fuel is dropped off.
Then comes the back breaking job of shifting the containers by hand to where the fuel needs to be pumped in.
Once the fuel is in place there is then the job of getting it into the tanks. Luckily we have a small electric pump we can run off batteries at hand to speed up the process.
Errrrrrr.........which one does it go on again???
I think thats right.........
Fuel pump goes in.....
Fuel comes out, huray!!!
Any excess fuel left in the canisters that the pump can't seem to get out is decanted into a bucket and then pumped out.
All that effort to get the fuel here payed off........
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