18th
March 2017 (Saturday)
...11.00 Mmmmm ... we have an ‘overcast
and drab’ look to the weather this morning;
but there’s little in the way of wind, so it
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is warmer.
I
walked along to the ‘Paper Shop’, which is a 35 minute meandering wander, along
the beach etc., from Ivy for me .... walking normally it’s done in 12
minutes. It’s nice out, and it looks
like it could brighten up in the afternoon.
I met ‘Dod’ at the ‘shop’; we
caught up with each other’s ‘news’ .... this included ‘ailments’. Dod has near enough recovered from being
knocked off his bike a few weeks back, though still has the bruises to remind
him of the accident. Steve arrived and
the discussion turned to ‘drones’ and helicopters, and the flying of them. A drone would be a handy piece of kit, but
I’d need lessons to fly it!
I
meandered my way down to South Street and back home via the beach... meeting
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| The Breakwater - Elie. |
Primrose on the way.
21.30 Instead of ‘brightening up’, the weather
deteriorated... with heavy rain at times in the afternoon. I was glad that I’d gone walking earlier,
though I did go down to the beach in the early part of the afternoon; that was before the rain turned from light
drizzle to ... spells of heavy rain. The remainder of the afternoon was spent
watching Scotland beat Italy in the Six Nations... Scotland winning 29 – 0. Jimmy arrived just after the match ended so
we had a celebratory cuppa.... over which we made a ‘plan’ for tomorrow; if the weather is OK we’re going along to
Dysart Harbour. If it isn’t I’ll go to
the kirk. The weather forecast is ‘not
bad’; more chance of sunny spells after
a wet night. The last time we were at
Dysart it was dull; we’d like a bit of
sunshine for tomorrow’s visit.
I’m
thinking of getting the bike out.... I need some real exercise, and I can get
that by
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| Breakwater seats. |
biking. Walking is fine, I can walk
a decent distance (five miles etc) but it’s painful, because my other knee is giving me
problems: probably needing to be ‘refurbished’. With
the bike I cover longer distances and then walk around: but I may need to buy a new saddle for the
bike.
Photographs
: Top – Elie beach, Middle – The Breakwater Elie, and Bottom – Seating on the Breakwater
... a bit exposed for auld folks.
