I just-- I dunno, I-- me and [name] went out some point, can't even remember when it was, it was, like, January or something, giving a go, but we managed to do like 5k and we hadn't even trained or anything, so.
Will:
Really?
Abby:
Like, it was-- I'm not gonna say it was the easiest thing in the world but we didn't stop or that, so.
Will:
Oh no. No, for-- I mind first time me and [name] went a run it was non-- it was, like, not non-stopping, so we were having breaks in between. Went out behind his house towards, like, the wind farm bits, it was like run say from here to, mm, maybe, like, the pub, cannae even mind. Run there, walk a bit, run fae, like, the zebra crossing to Asda's front doors, like that sort of distance. Then eventually just built it up.
Abby:
Yeah.
Will:
When I done the 10k for the first time I spewed.
Abby:
Oh God.
Will:
Like, mid run, that was-- It wasnae a bad spew but I'd-- like, we'd do-- like, we used to do this wee ciruit thing so when [names], everyone else they were like "no, we're going back" and I was like "okay, I want to be the first one to do 10k." Like I'd, eh-- I dunno, I was like "oh"
Abby:
Jesus.
Will:
"I want to-- I want to dae it." So I done the loop, like, another four times and it was, like, almost the second last one when it was, like, 8k I had done, I ran along, I was like--
Abby:
Oh.
Will:
Spewed at the side but I didn't-- I didnae, like, fully stop, so I was still jogging.
Abby:
Oh [name], that is disgusting.
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Henry:
Aye it was funny, it was, eh, surrounded by whisky warehouses and the smell was lovely.
Morag:
Oh was it, what.
Henry:
But you see everybody that came, it was overpowering,
Morag:
Mhm.
Henry:
but being local and working there, I was used to it.
Interviewer:
Mhm.
Henry:
So it was-- it was great. Happy playing through the-- They were all going "oh, missed it again".
Interviewer:
Did you ever get free samples?
Henry:
Eh? Oh, you had to be very careful, had to be very careful. Eh, it was brought-- a lot of it was brought in by train and that at one time and, eh, there was customs and excise guys there and they had a big book and I had a big book
Interviewer:
Mhm.
Henry:
and they'd to mark all the barrels that came in
Interviewer:
Ah, okay.
Henry:
and put their registration number on and where they were going and where they were being stored and, eh, [name] had a thing called a Hydrometer for sampling
Morag:
Sampling.
Henry:
the-- They're no-- no drinking it supposedly
Interviewer:
Right.
Henry:
but they take it out and they make it for the-- out of the content and bouyancy and all the rest of it,
Interviewer:
Mhm.
Henry:
just to-- how to-- really strong it was, you see. It's-- it's so strong it's unbelievable when it's lying there. They water it down something rotten when they put it in the bottles to us, eh, but, eh-- And there was for-- It was funny, you-- [name] came and he took the bung out and the boy put this in and sucked it oot, put it in this and did a' the measurements and marked it a' doon in books then sometimes they didnae put it back.
Interviewer:
Sometimes.
Henry:
And you used to have a wee sip but, eh-- Oh you-- being, eh, daft and young they would gie you a-- a tin mug with a wee bit in it but they didnae-- they didnae put water in it. God, raw spirit, you know, take the-- your heid off. But, eh, it was-- you only did that once, you only had a wee drink of that once, so.
