Alberto's Hutte

26th January 2026 (Monday)     09.45 ..... Although overcast, windy with occasional rain, there's a more promising look to the sky this morning;  signs of the cloud breaking up to give us some brighter weather.  The Fife Weather Cams, show cloudy with brighter bits;   I do believe we will have sunny spells today!  The air feels slightly colder than of late.... but hey ho;  I'm feeling positive.   I must not forget the PO van at 11.30!    Oh;   "light rain and a fresh breeze" is the weather forecast for KY9. 14.15    I can't say that we've had a lot of 'sunny spells;  but we have had a a few short blinks so sunshine.  Definitely a more enjoyable than the weather we'be had for the past couple of days. When I went up to Elie to the Post Office van it was raining quite heavily, but it was only a shower so I sat in the car until the worst of it had passed over.   The PO van was quiet;...

25th January 2026 (Sunday)    267th anniversary of  Robert Burns birth (1759). 09.30    We have a windy but dry start to the day.... and the roads are dry.    "Light rain with a moderate Peeling neeps for Burns Super in Uckfield. wind (E)" is forecast.... with a chance of sunny spells.   The barometer has moved away from pointing at 'Rain':  he first decent move for a couple of weeks.  I expect we'll have showers in between the sunny spells.   That said we have yet to actually have a sunny spell! 20.00    The weather has been disappointing;  nae 'sunny spells'.   Tomorrow's weather is going to be much the same.   There's a chance of 'sunny spells' but I'm not going to get the dun cream out! I enjoyed visiting, and chatting to  Alice;  and we went to Sainsbury's to do a wee bit o' shopping.   That was probably when the weather was at it's best....'almost a sunny spell'...

24th January 2026 (Saturday)     10.00 .... We have another wet and windy morning, in fact I'd say it is the dreariest looking morning we've had.....  so far;  probably because we've had a few dreary mornings in succession.    However we can look forward to the chance of sunny spells in the afternoon!    ph....  'Blob' had his breakfast at at 07.10;  it was dark, so I had to switch the outside light 'on'.   Happy 'Blob' .... and a happy 'me'.        It wouldn't be so bad if we only had the bad weather to worry about;  we also have the political mess that the World is in.    Me? ....  I'm looking forward to the brighter, sunny spells!   The political mess? .....  the politicians have bumpy road to travel sorting that out..   In the meantime I'll force myself to put the kettle 'on' and have morning coffee!     14.30    The sunny spells...

23rd January 2026 (Friday)    09.30 .... The weather is not quite as wild as it was yesterday;  but  still wet and windy!    It's another 'stay in and stay warm' day for me.    I might go for a run in the car in the afternoon  (when there's a chance of brighter spells), but it will only be 'roond the villages'. 13.45    I've been round the villages in the car, and even got out of the car to take some photies.   It was windy at the time, with light rain, but it wasn't too bad at The Toft.   The harbour was .... wild so I only took a few photographs from inside the car.   Chapel Green?.... it was wild;  and I's to leave the car to get the three photographs I took up there.   I was glad to get back to Ivy and a hot cuppa. I've been browsing the Alberto Archive this morning;  and I'm going to do some more browsing after I have an 'after lunch coffee. 19.15   The weather has be...

22nd January 2026 (Thursday)     09.00 .... We have a wild, wet and windy morning;  and it to be ' wet and windy' all day.   It's a day for this boy staying 'in and warm'.    I have housework to catch up with, and work to do on the computer.     I might have a run up to Chapel Green in the car at some point, but only if the weather moderates a bit.   And I don't think that is going to happen today. 13.15    It has been windy and wet most of the morning!..... but the rain stopped about an hour ago and I had a short walk up to the golf course.    I didn't expect to see anyone on the course but;  then I remembered that it never rains on the golf course.   Golfers were on the second green. As you can see by the flag, although it wasn't raining, (if it had been I wouldn't have been up there) it was windy! I'm going back to watch the News;  there's a lot going on today.   But I'...

21st January 2026 (Wednesday) 10.30 .... the sky is overcast and, though we had a couple of blinks of the sun not long ago, light rain with fresh winds off the SE is forecast for KY9.   At the moment it's grey but isn't raining.    We could be lucky and have more sunny spells!  We have the Colinsburgh Friendship Lunch today;  it's a perfect day for going out and meeting people.     I'll have morning coffee after this update then change:  I'm still in my loungers.   Myra is picking me up at 12.30. 11.45   This is a big day for Greenland, Denmark, Europe and NATO.   President Trump sees Greenland as another piece of Real Estate on which he'd create a golf course.    Not that he would do that on Green land;  but the principle is the same.   It will be interesting to see what happens at Davos. 17.00     The Colinsburgh Friendship lunch was really enjoyable;  excellen...