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Itwasanincrediblylongandanxioushour.ForgetA-levelresultsday.Forgetyourcoun-
try being 1-0 down in the World Cup Final with five minutes of injury-time added. Forget
waiting to see if Jack Bauer will save the world yet again. This was real tension.
Just before 10pm, Graham strode over to us. His face was completely emotionless.
'I'vejustspokentotheowner,'hesaid,'andshesaidthatIcan'tletyouhaveoneofour
rooms or lodges, I'm afraid.'
'Oh, ok…' I said.
'BUT,' he interrupted, 'she said you are welcome to have one of the bunks in the staff
bunkhouse. Is that ok with you?'
Ben and I looked at each other and then laughed.
'No. Actually, that's not good enough, Graham. We want your best lodge or nothing at
all. Of course that's ok, you're an absolute legend,' said Ben, standing up and giving him a
huge hug.
I did the same, and we had an awkward group hug for a few seconds. Graham's face
remainedcompletely emotionless. Iimaginehewouldhaveprobablylookedthesameifhe
won the lottery or when he was having sex. Not that I have imagined him having sex. That
would be weird.
'When you said 'bunkhouse', I thought you were going to show us to some rat-infested
shed. This is amazing,' I said.
'Well, it's not The Ritz, but hopefully it's adequate for you both,' said Graham.
The bunkroom had six beds and an en-suite bathroom. We were the only tenants so had
the pick of any of the beds.
'It's more than adequate, Graham,' said Ben. 'I think I'm the happiest man in the world
right now. I thought we were going to be sleeping in a cold Scottish field tonight.'
'Good, well I'm glad we could help. Is there anything else I can help you with?'
'Actually, there is something,' I said. 'We were given these microwave meals from
Londis up the road. We don't have a microwave, obviously. Is there any chance that you
could heat these up for us, or let us use a microwave, please?'
'That's no problem. I'll go and sort that out for you. Come back over to the bar area in
ten minutes or so.'
'Wediditagain,GeorgieBoy.Lookatthisplace,it'sawesome.Bagsiehavingthisbed,'
said Ben, diving onto one of the bottom bunks.
We both had a quick shower - not at the same time - and put on the least skanky of our
t-shirts before returning to the bar.
'I thought you could save those meals for another day,' said Graham. He was carrying a
tray with two big bowls of soup, two plates of chips and two buttered baguettes.
'Dammit, I was really looking forward to my out-of-date Londis microwave meal,' I
said sarcastically.
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