At the risk of sounding a little….coarse. My son has inherited something from me. At the age of 8 if he’s having fun with friends he leave!s it until the last possible moment before he goes to the loo! Often you’ll see him tearing at full speed towards the loo with scant regard for anything in his path as he reaches “tipping point”. I was the same and kept this up until I was at least 40! Now, I didn’t run full-pelt through a restaurant/bar barging customers out of the way but the point of a night out was to have fun, interact with people and generally have a giggle and I hated the idea of missing an anecdote or the chance to slip-in an anecdote of my own whilst having to use the loo. The craic was everything!

So, why am I relaying this slightly distasteful tit bit? Well, after a great deal of thought, I’ve decided that this is the reason that I’ve taken so long to refurbish the toilets at The Rec. Over the years Ali (manager) has often pleaded with me to do something but I’ve always treated toilets as less important than the rest of the restaurant, somewhere to get in and out of as soon as possible. OBVIOUSLY, this is not the right attitude.

So, I’ve started tiling (a job I always think I like until it actually begins..) and we will be changing the vanity unit, replacing toilets and generally bringing them up to scratch. I now see that there can be fun involved in this so I’m embracing it!

Finally, to all of you that have put-up with the sub-standard toilets over the years for the sake of the craic, I respect you and your commitment and I apologise for behaving like an 8 year old. Thanks.