by Fern Shaw | Jun 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Glastonbury Festival has a long and illustrious history stemming back to the first ever festival which began the day after Jimi Hendrix died, in 1970. This year the Festival is running from the 22nd to the 26th of June.
Attendance has gone from a modest 500 people in 1978 to a whopping 175 000 last year. Rain or shine, that translates into a lot of very thirsty revellers, organisers, staff, and performers – so, pretty much everyone will have a thirst on them.
The good news on the thirst front is that AquAid South Coast has the festival covered. As Glastonbury get into the swing of things setting up, so does AquAid – starting off with the delivery of 120 Bottle Fed coolers accompanied by 600 bottles plus another 20 Mains Fed (POU).
Darren Brooks, of AquAid South Coast, who has experience with filling the Glastonbury Festival order, is managing the day to day orders and deliveries, but AquAid SC has had to take on extra staff to cover the work load.
The bulk of the deliveries have now started to go in and ramping up the orders for the Festival starting 22nd June.
“This will be the fifth year now supplying to the Festival itself, although we supply the farm and organisation all year round,” explained Kevin James, Sales Manager at AquAid South Coast.
So, if you’re heading off to the festival, here’s wishing you an incredible time, and remember to keep your special self hydrated as you party on for the duration. We’re hoping that the only wet you encounter is your drinking water and that the rest of the festival stays sunny and dry. (We’re also hoping for dry weather, so that when we collect our machines post festival, it won’t be in metres of mud – fun!)
Should you have any water or water cooler requirements in the South Coast region, please do contact us, we’ll be delighted to assist.
by Fern Shaw | Apr 26, 2016 | Charity, Christian Aid, Water
We should all know the direct correlation between drinking sufficient water and keeping healthy by now (OK, well I should, I’ve researched and written about it often enough – maybe you shouldn’t), but quite surprisingly in spite of a plethora of information from just about everywhere, it seems we still need to be told about this pretty basic principle.
- To be fair (all about fairness, me) in this tech age, I may just be more easily convinced if I had some clever water bottle that glowed at me until I drank from it or;
- What about a water bottle that apparently dings at you when it’s time to drink up!
- Then, getting even more tech spec-ee, what about all these apps that alert you to the fact that you haven’t had your daily water as yet. Yep, there really are a variety of ‘drink water’ apps available for smart phones and for those that like to add cucumber or similar to their water, there is a water bottle / spiral slicer (yep, really) that slices your cucumber directly into your bottles water.
These inventions and concepts (as some are still at the conceptual stage) are quite amazing, clever and resourceful.
For me though, not having a smart phone (oh woe is me) and I’m guessing I’m one of many millions that also don’t have a smart phone, I still believe that it’s kind of up to the individual (unless you have a forward thinking team at work who realise that hydrated employees are happier, healthier and make for a more productive team) to ensure that you drink your water.
What’s even more amazing is that if you choose your drinking water from AquAid, a portion of the proceeds of your water cooler purchase is automatically donated to water projects around the globe – these being to Christian Aid and The Africa Trust.
Now, that’s pretty amazing!
by Fern Shaw | Apr 21, 2016 | Water
I was quite amazed and impressed with the extensive, almost unending list of one’s brain function and how something as simple as drinking water can radically affect how our brain function.
So impressed in fact, that I’ve written a Part II, because as we know, information is power and if we’re well informed, we empower ourselves to be able to take better care of our wonderful little selves.
So, without further ado, here are a number of examples of brain power and how drinking water keeps these operations functioning at capacity:
Memory
- Every time you recall a memory or have a new thought, you are creating a new connection in your brain.
- Memories triggered by scent have a stronger emotional connection, and therefore appear more intense than other memory triggers.
- While you sleep at night may be the best time for your brain to consolidate all your memories from the day. Lack of sleep may actually hurt your ability to create new memories.
Brain Function
- Your brain uses twenty percent of the total oxygen in your body.
- If your brain loses blood for eight to ten seconds, you will lose consciousness.
- While awake, your brain generates between ten and twenty three watts of power – or enough energy to power a light bulb.
- The old adage of humans only using ten percent of their brain is not true. Every part of the brain has a known function.
Psychology of Your Brain
- You can’t tickle yourself because your brain distinguishes between unexpected external touch and your own touch.
- The connection between body and mind is a strong one. One estimate is that between fifty to seventy percent of visits to the doctor for physical ailments are attributed to psychological factors.
Who would’ve thunk it, as my mum says. A clear case then to encourage you to drink enough water to ensure that your wonderful, hard-working brain continues to be able to carry out its myriad functions at capacity.
by Fern Shaw | Sep 15, 2015 | Water
Of course, it is! And to prove as much, we’re including a photo of one of our environmentally friendly delivery vehicles. Works really well until such time as they encounter a low bridge. Bada-dish!
You didn’t like that? Then may I draw your attention to a selection of the best jokes from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival that was held in….. (go on, can you guess?) recently?
I bought a muzzle for my pet duck. Nothing flashy, but it fits the bill. Chris Turner
Recently in court, I was found guilty of being egotistical. I am appealing. Stewart Francis
Went to my allotment and found that there was twice as much soil as there was the week before. The plot thickens. Darren Walsh
You can’t lose a homing pigeon. If your homing pigeon doesn’t come back, then what you’ve lost is a pigeon. Sara Pascoe
When my wife and I argue, we’re like a band in concert: we start with some new stuff, and then we roll out our greatest hits.
Frank Skinner
Surely every car is a people carrier? Adam Hess
What’s the difference between a ‘hippo’ and a ‘Zippo’? One is really heavy; the other is a little lighter. Masai Graham
If you think about it a little more – water is loads funny – slipping in water, falling into the koi pond (I really, really did this once, when I was all of 12) fully dressed; water bombs; tossing a glass of water at someone’s mug … it’s FUNNY. I could of course tell you what I believe is the all-time funniest joke about drinking water (which wasn’t all water as the imbiber soon found out) but this is an R-rated page, so perhaps not.
So perhaps water is funnier in motion and visually than in print, but yep, it’s still funny.
For a look at more water humour, have a gander here. If you have any material or funny images you’d like to share, pop them across to us at shelly.crawford@aquaidwatercoolers.co.uk
by Fern Shaw | Sep 11, 2015 | Water
Everyone knows that if a person is in shock one of the most effective ways of combating it is to give the person some sugar water to drink. This raises the blood sugar levels almost immediately.
But perhaps we haven’t realised just how bad sugar can be for us and also how much of it can be found in our favourite tipple.
So before you think you’re in the clear when it comes to quaffing your drink of choice – here are a few indicators of just how much sugar is in your favourite bevy:
*Your quintessential GIN & TONIC contains four teaspoons of sugar.
VODKA & CRANBERRY contains a whopping 7.5 teaspoons of sugar. Admittedly vodka itself has pretty much zero sugar, but then we weren’t all brought up drinking neat vodka.
RUM & COKE contains a un(healthy) seven teaspoons of sugar.
When we move onto unmixed alcohol, like ciders, wines and beers, the results are a little more cheerful:
CIDER is probably the worst culprit, with around 5 teaspoons of sugar per bottle.
WHITE WINE has a lower sugar content – 1.5 teaspoons of sugar – but this of course depends on which white wine you’re drinking.
RED WINE is probably about your safest bet with only a quarter teaspoon of sugar per glass.
The good news is that BEERS and ALES contain the least sugar overall.
A bottle of BEER contains around 0.5 of a teaspoon of sugar and a bottle of ALE contains about 1 teaspoon.
So, although this should have you heading on down to your local and raising your glass, full of good beer cheer, you’ll need to bear in mind that a lot of your beers and ales also contain additives, corn syrups, preservatives and colorants.
Of course, seeing as AquAid are all about water, you have to have known that there had to be a mention in here somewhere, so here it is:
All of the above drinks start with water and a combination of processes, whether it’s mixing water with barley or water with potatoes – which is, I suppose, quite a plus – as this means, in essence, you are drinking water.
If it’s unlikely that you’re about to give up your favourite tipple, irrespective of how much or how little sugar it has – try this option out – for every drink you have, match it with a glass of water.
Then there’s the final option (which may just have the majority of us running for the hills with some home-made distilling type set-up) which involves ditching the drinks and all that sugar and sticking to drinking water. It may not give you the same kick as neat vodka will (also zero percent sugar) but you’ll never have to count sugar content again.
Bottoms up!
*Volumes here are loosely based on either a 500ml bottle or a glass of.
