painting the village hall red

Last weekend saw frenetic activity with rollers and brushes and about 100 litres of paint. The village hall needed a facelift and a new colour scheme from daffodil yellow. Now a more subtle mix of red and cream, the hall looks smart and ready for ceilidh action - or the regular Wednesday afternoon tea session. The turnout was amazing. Over twenty folk turned up and spent most of the weekend painting and cleaning. The full ferry crew spent a goodly part of their off rota week helping out - with skipper JB covering a vast area with emulsion. A few fish farmers scrubbed and cleaned after their shifts, and a fun time was had by all. Our wee island really can turn on the most amazing efforts and just gets things done. The Village Hall committee has a huge reservoir of goodwill so all pulled together. Okay - so there are always the naysayers in any community - lamenting the change of colour scheme and regretting changes not initiated by themselves - but it was getting tatty and now looks great and we had fun doing it. Roll on the first ceildih !