Had our own well when we lived in Ireland. Which was great until winter when it easily froze and we had sod all water.
Ha. Thankfully where I was, frosts were very infrequent. I bet that water was really good. The thing people forget too is if they boil water it's generally going to be pretty safe to drink anyway. Unless they've collected it from a stream with a dead cow in upstream, about 5ft away
