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Photo courtesy BBC News. 23rd October 2026   (Friday)    11.00 .... Iain arrived round about 09.00, before the rain which didn't get here until 10.00.   It's wet and windy now;  not a nice day to be out.   That said it's nothing like it is in the Southwest, where the full force of Storm Austen is being felt.   Rain is going to be our problem, with the strong winds of Storm Boelo hitting the Northern half of the UK on Saturday and Sunday.    A wild weekend ahead;  definitely not a day for walking the coastal path.   Could be some interesting photographs at high tide time down south! 16.30    With the weather being of the 'iffy' kind, Iain and I have been confined to the house;  Iain working on his photographs, and watching the TV. now and again, with me watching the TV.   Storm Austen has been, as forecast,... wild along the South Coast, as we have seen on the News.    Newquay b...

 22nd October 2026 (Thursday)     09.45 .... We  have a lovely morning here in KY9;  sunny with a fresh Westerly wind;  so there is a bit of wind chill.    It's a brilliant morning to be out and about;  the Fife Coastal Path will be busy today.    Maggie and I did most of the Path from Kirkcaldy to the Tay Bridge,;  until Maggie's 'nae weelness' came, and we had to stop.    I have biked the road all the way round Fife, at some time or another;  not the same I know, but I enjoyed biking!     Today? .....  will be mundane things.  I've done a washing, because it's a grand 'drying day';   but haven't decided what to do after morning coffee. 19.45     It has been 'bright and breezy' Autumn day;   and a perfect drying day!   That reminds me, I have ironing to do after this update! Having checked the BBC Weather when having morning coffee, I de...

Ferry Road this morning 21st October 2026 (Wednesday)      10.00 .... We have a wet, and rather bleak looking morning;  not a morning to be out.    The rain might peter out after lunch, to give us few sunny spells in the evening.  The brightest thing I've seen this morning was the glint in Blob's eye when I fed him!   He's a happy boy  is 'Blob'.   I was going to take a photo of him but he's gone all camera shy! My 'plan' for today?    I might go to the Colinsburgh Friendship Lunch;  if the rain has moved away by then.   The sky doesn't look promising at the moment.   The Kinghorn and Lochgelly Fife Weather Cams show a slight brightening to the SW, so we could get lucky. 14.30    For the first time today, the sun is peeping through the clouds, so I'm thinking of taking the 'hurdy gurdy' for a walk.   The rain was at it's heaviest at 12.15 when I was getting ready to go to...

20th October 2026 (Tuesday)    09.30 .... We have a grey sky with light rain, coming in from the North Sea, on a fresh SE breeze this morning:  it's not a "going out to play" morning.    Me? .... If I do go out, it will be in the car.  Right now I have 'Blob' to feed.   After doing that, I'll have an early morning coffee and come up with a 'plan' for today.   14.00   'Owlbert' has been a busy boy!   The early morning coffee must have activated the brain cell, and then some!  I decided to loup intae the car, and go up to Elie and make an appointment with Lorraine to have my hair cut. Appointment made (2.45), I felt slightly adventurous , and fancied going down to the harbour.    I say adventurous because there was a frisky SE wind, and it would be 'really frisky' at the harbour.    On the way down I moored up at 'The Toft' to take a few 'today' photies. Being sheltered from the worst of the wi...

19th October 2026 (Monday)    09.15 ....  the sun is burning back the early morning fog, and we now have broken cloud, with blue patches;  and blue patches mean 'sunny spells'.   There's a chilly air, about what it should be at this time of year.   It will be warmer where the sun does break through.     I don't know if the washing will dry, but it's on the line.    Unfortunately, there's a chance of showers inn the afternoon, so I am hoping the sheets are dry enough to take in, and iron by then! 20.30     We had a few sunny spells today, but mostly it has been cloudy and cold.   And damp later in the afternoon, by which time the washing was in and ready to be ironed.  I might do that after this update. The air was too cold for me to go far with the 'hurdy gurdy' ;  in fact I only went as far as the phone box going up Ferry Road, then down to Ferry Corner and home.    However I ...

18th October 2026 (Sunday)     10.30 ....  It's an absolutely gorgeous Autumn morning;  definitely a morning to be out and about.    My plan was to go down to the beach for sunrise, but slept in, but might try to get sunset.   Unfortunately a migraine has cramped my desire to go out to play, but I've taken the pills.;  however, I think this will be a quiet day, with the washing machine! 20.30     This has been one gorgeous, albeit cool,  Autumn day;  we had wall to wall sunshine all day.   Having said that, I could have done with a bit more breeze to dry the downie cover.   But that's all I have to complain  about.  I even thought about getting 'The Buggy' out in the afternoon, but changed my mind when I saw how busy Ferry Road was at times.    So I 'walked' the 'hurdy gurdy' round the patio 10 times instead:  I'll count the number of steps that I take to go round th...