The Water Feature

The Dinosaur Egg
The Waterfall

East Neuk has two water features.

At the upper level, is the Dinosaur Egg powered by a solar panel. The rule at East Neuk is to take the solar panel into the 'Sheddie' each night. Last year, Dr Anne decided that she would disobey the rule. She started leaving the solar panel outdoors. Within a month solar panel had blown over and was broken. Dr Anne learned a lesson the hard way. She phoned Stapeley's Gardens in Cheshire, the original supplier to find a new solar panel would cost £700... The original did cost over £100. The man at Stapeley's advised Dr Anne to put in an electric cable as it would be much cheaper to run. Dr Anne was unsure. She waited all summer then found a local supplier who could provide a solar panel - Filopumps at Thanestone Industrial Estate near Inverurie. She decided to go for it even although it had to come from Germany and would cost £700. Today was the day that Dr Anne's friend George came to fix it up to the pump. Wow...wonderful... All that is needed now is a replacement lavender.

At the lower level of the garden is the waterfall. It is on a site of the old pond. The pond became difficult to manage over the years. The heron came up from the Burnie Brae and ate all the fish. As Mrs McArthur grew older she became frightened that she might fall in. So... the pond was filled in and Stephen built a slate waterfall. Kids love standing in it. When Charlie came to visit last year he was beautifully dressed to visit his granny. The shirt got wet so came off. The trousers got soaked so they came off and he ran around in his nappies having a whale of a time. He was leaning over the waterfall drinking the water at one point. He got his full dose of bacteria in one day to boost his immune system...