Alberto's Hutte

14th September 2025 (Sunday)    07.45 .... It's a lovely, peaceful autumn morning .... sunny with a light southerly breeze.   The early morning air is chilly but it well warm up when the sun gets going.  Rain is forecast to move in later in the afternoon and evening.   I'm going to visit Alice in the morning and so some shopping:  Ian is coming along in the afternoon for afternoon coffee and a chat.   Both Alice and Ian are going off tomorrow morning;  Alice and Izzy are going up to Aberdeenshire, and Ian is starting his journey South to Heathrow.    Ian is having a few stops on the way down, including a night at, picturesque 'Bourton on the Water' near Oxford. 21.00   I've had a busy day;  'annoying' Alice (I don't know how she puts up wi' me)  and doing some shopping in the morning,  then had an early lunch and afternoon coffee at 'Alice HQ', before heading home to Ivy, to get organised for Ian ...

13th September 2025 (Saturday)     08.15 ..... There's been some light rain overnight, but that is clearing away to the East to leave us with 'sunshine and showers' and a moderate Westerly breeze.   It must have been chilly overnight because the heating came on this morning.   (That reminds me I must set the heating to its ...er ... winter settings).    Anyway it looks like we are going to have a repeat of yesterdays weather;  so there could be some interesting clouds in the afternoon. 12.00    It has been a mostly sunny morning, albeit with a cold breeze;  but shower clouds are starting to creep over from the West.   I haven't been 'out and about', but might have a short daunder after this update;  I'll have a cuppa while I think about 'short daundering'.   It's much colder that it has been lately (15.2C);  I might have two cuppas! 15.00    After the cuppa (and a goodie) I louped i...

12th September 2025 (Friday)     08.30 ....  It's  a lovely morning;  a bit windier  (SW) than we've had lately so it will feel cooler, and, though mostly sunny, there's a chance of showers in the afternoon.   A nice day to be going to Leven Golf Club, to have lunch with the girls.   I haven't been outside yet, but I can see the branches walloping about on the apple tree.   I'd better pick up some of the apples to make myself an 'Eveline's Pudding'! 11.00    I went up to Elie (in the car) to buy milk, and get some money from the ATM cash point.    I'll need to take box with me box to stand on in future, if I need to use the machine  when the sun is on it.   Luckily there was a couple, out walking their dog, that helped me so it was a successful mission .... eventually. 18.45    Kirsty, Myra and I enjoyed our lunch at Leven Golf Club:  It was 'Fish n' Chips Lunch' day, so t...

11th September 2025 (Thursday)     24th Anniversary of the 'Twin Towers" terrorist attack. 08.30 .... We have a frisky breeze this morning;  with sunny intervals and shower clouds.   We could have an interesting sky today.   The wind being from the westerly direction means I can go out and about.... between the showers!   Ian should be here about 10 o'clock to pick me up, for a trip to Lower Largo and Lundin Links.    16.00    Ian took me for a run round Lower Largo and Lundin Links, to have a look at the places he visited with his parents when he was young;  including the place where they stayed when he was learning to walk!   From there we then went on a 'tour' of the East Neuk:  up to Higham Toll then along to Crail by 'the back road' and finally home. 18.30    We've had a lovely mostly sunny day;  in fact, if I remember correctly, the heavy shower, that passed over us 20 minutes...

10th September 2025 (Wednesday)     08.30 .... Showers are forecast for today, and they could turn thundery later in the afternoon.  Unfortunately, I began my morning with a migraine, and that will curtail my activities  for most of the morning.  I won't be going out on the bike, nor the buggy today;  unless the sunny spells between the showers are long ones.    Right now I need another cuppa ... and a  'Blob' digestive to shove down the pills. 13.00    Ivy Cottage door bell rang a couple of ours ago and I expected to find Bob or Anne there when I opened the door.... and was totally surprised to find Ian, whom I thought was still touring the Highlands, on his  way to, eventually, ending up at Heathrow!    Ian did quite a bit of the Highlands, having got as far as Skye, before getting 'homesick' for Elie and Earlsferry.   He was lucky enough to get back into 'his' flat at 'The Stables', as there had bee...

9th September 2025 (Tuesday)      On this date 64 years ago Maggie and I were married, by the Rev Robin Mitchell, in Kinneuchar Manse.   This also means that Mirabel, former waitress at 'The Craw's Nest, is 64 today.  So ...  "Happy Anniversary to Maggie and 'Me' .... and "Happy Birthday" to Mirabel. 08.00    We have a lovely, quiet Autumn morning.... with a sunny day ahead.     The wind direction has changed slightly;  backing to the SSE the SE... so it might be cooler in the afternoon.   20.00    I've had a busy and enjoyable day.   After a 'morning cuppa' at Alice's, we went to the shops... The Bargain Store and B n Q's.  We had  a successful mission in both shop;  especially B n Q's, where  Alice got a tall flower tub, and I got the 'sneck' I was looking for.  We then bumbled back to Alice's;  where Alice made up a 'turkey'(actually it was chicken) and salad'...