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Good morning from England....I want to chat about ....water....well, I do actually live on an island!!!!
Ok, as large parts of the rest of the world are cooking as well as the U.K.....how are you keeping hydrated????
At this very moment the South West here has had its FIRST EVER hot weather warning!!!....
Sales of bottled mineral/ spring water are going through the roof. Do you partake in bottled water or are you just happy to drink from the household tap. Such exotic names as Icelandic glacial, Himalaya, Sierra springs, Volvic and Pluto water......to name a few among literally thousands, try to entice us to buy...... but wait...hang on to your panties because i'm going off on a tangent....
What about Peckham Spring???
Have you not seen " Only fools and horses"???....what!!!!!
(Google it ).....
it was a massively popular comedy series about a " wheeler dealer " called Del Trotter who would buy and sell literally anything to make a quick buck.
In the episode " mother nature's son "....he discovers water apparently " bubbling up " through the ground on grandads allotment.....( It's actually coming from an old hidden hose connected to a hidden tap )...this gives him a brainwave.......getting " a real " sample of mineral water tested and verified, and believed to come from his allotment, he now has a confirmed natural spring bubbling away......in the centre of London!!!!....(luverly jubbly)....
he soon has a bottling plant set up in his high rise apartment and is selling ordinary tap water as "Peckham Spring".....it's fabulously funny.....
Anyway, back to the point....while I enjoy our ordinary tap water, I must admit I do like cool, mineral water and I especially like the carbonated variety. Here in England, all of our household water is treated and safe to drink, whether it is from a kitchen tap, a bathroom.....even the water that fills our toilet cisterns and flushes our toilets is fresh drinking water.....it all comes into our houses through the same pipe!!!!
Do you drink lots of water?...prefer tap or natural?....did you always drink lots before the heatwave?....or have you been converted??
Hoped you enjoyed the ramble and escaped for a few minutes....
But seriously, please remember to keep hydrated......we all know it's good for us and we need to!!!!
.....and we also know what a prune looks like don't we????
Keep smiling, Grace xx
Great post Grace!
In Australia we have a brand of carbonated mineral water called Mount Franklin. This can be bought in cans, bottles, or large casks.
I drink this all the time. I ditched all soft drinks a few years ago for health reasons.
Stay cool everyone!!! 😅
Love and hugs, Stephanie 💖
Good morning, sweet Grace
Yes, its so very important to stay hydrated, and not just for the heat, but all the time.
I have a reverse osmosis filter system, and drink from it all the time.
Hugs, Regi👸💕
Yes it's absolutely important Grace sweetie to keep hydrated during this hot weather. I drink both mains, and bottle water, but remember my beauties if your water taps are connected to a storage tank rather than the mains you shouldn't really drink it. Oh and just a small point maybe a small dish of water for wildlife and the birds please. Lol Amanda xx
Frugal yet (hopefully) wise girl I am, I buy in bulk, namely the 5 gallons of purified water (in my own bottle of course) from the local grocery. I can probably get purer and cheaper but I do have to account for gas and time spent getting it, and since I can literally walk to the grocery... well, you do the math(s). 😛
Was that a question for me Stephanie?
I'm with you on this one Steph. I'm totally befuddled why tap water in the UK is considered inferior to the extent that people will pay good money for and then discard millions of debatably recyclable plastic bottles which find their way into the environment. As WC Fields might have said, "If you can fool some of the people some of the time, well that's enough to make a good profit".
Why not try the water test, girls? Have a blindfolded tasting - your favourite bottled water, your supermarket's generic bottled water, and tap water. See how you get on.
Marti xxx
Hi Grace
If I’m out for any length of time I simply fill my water bottle from the tap. Just back from a staycation and always took waterbottles for me and the kids when going to the beach etc. Takes seconds to do.
The water from the tap is top quality. Maybe it’s the frugal Scot in me, but why would I pay for something I can get for free!!! Like buying air!!! In the past I did occasionally buy bottled water and never really noticed the difference.
It’s also the best for the environment. I know the plastic bottles you buy water in are recycleable but surely better just to use one and not need to recycle in the first place. And the number of these recycleable water bottles I see in general rubbish bins when I’m out saddens me.
Work 12 hour shifts. A lot of the girls I work with have reusable water bottles which they top up from the tap. Keeping hydrated is so important for our bodies. And pure and simple water is the best to drink lots of. Good for the complexion as well, helps filter all the bad s*@t out our bodies.
I do enjoy other liquids as well🥃🍸🍺🍾but (unlike water) overindulging can have unwanted consequences🤢. A hangover is a sign our bodies are not happy🥴
❤️Bianca
Hi Grace I buy bottled water for convenience I do insist the grandchildren drink at least as you said Liter and half or 48OZ of water per day and that does apply to adults also. Most drinking water that comes from the tap is very safe. Bottled water is just too convenient too carry.The boys refill their empty bottles with tap water and they are off and running again. There is no question that bottled water industry makes a tremendous amount of profit and why not? They are entitled to profit as well as any other company and we certainly do not want to go down the road of government dictating profit of everything in a free enterprise system. Its is the convenience factor that has made the industry so large. Just the other day I was reminding one of the children do not forget to bring water when they were going to be out and about on their bicycle rides. He said too me do you know there has been no new water on earth since the beginning of time? Of course i said everyone knows that.[ I did not know that] !!!!!!! It is scary what we have done to our water supply .The other issue is what is the bottled water industry going to do with all these empty bottles?!!!!. They were suppose to start a recycle plan when their banned in several US towns but that just went by the wayside when everyone stopped paying attention. Grace you always seem to get my brain started in the morning. Great topic Try to stay dry while presenting the cute a pretty side of you we all enjoy.
Luv Stephanie
Hi Lisa,
Dasani is the bottled water product sold here in the US by Coca Cola. As others have said, their business was looking for a profit market to enter. Hadn’t heard of the Bromate item you describe. Thanks for sharing.
Alice
Hi Grace I drink quite a bit of water as I gave up sodas and sweet drinks.
I like drinking tap water as much as possible due to all the plastic bottles being pollution.
However that bottles are conveinient.
I do have a reverse osmosis filter for drinking water just to be on the safe side .
Thanks for thinking of us .
Hugs Patty
Marti....
I love it that supermarkets sell a cheaper " value" spring water....is it cheaper because it's from an inferior spring??....doh!!!
Hi Bianca....
I would love a tap in my kitchen that filled bottles with " other liquids ".....cool
Lisa....
Frozen lemon slices in gin and tonic....wow, I wonder????
Wow....professor plumb....
amazing answer!!!
peckamo spring 💓💓💓
