11th March. Heavy Metal Mouth.

I took a drink of water from the cold tap at the former tearoom.

Obviously not mains water here out in the wilds surrounded by what might be a landscape considered picturesque in July or August but just endless moorland today.

There was the unmistakeable tang of metal in that water.

No wonder the tea tastes kind of weird, no wonder the tearoom closed down?

Now it could be rusty cast iron but the water looks clear enough, in that case, by the time it reaches the kitchen it's probably been running through half a mile of lead pipe.

Have you ever tried chewing lead?

Apart from the toxicity it tastes revolting in a metallic way just like this water.

Scottish Blend specially selected to disguise the taste of lead/ dead ewes in a private water supply.