Had a walk round Colinsburgh .....

24th October 2017 (Tuesday) .... 09.00    We have dreich start to the morning, .... but .... the rain is forecast to clear away by midday leaving us with ‘sunny
Nice front door.
spells’.    I went down to the harbour (in the car) for a change of scene, but had to abort the mission;  the rain became serious... and there was never going to be a visible sunrise this morning;   not here anyway.

The delivery I’m waiting ‘in’ for isn’t going to happen until tomorrow;  which is awkward because I have things on tomorrow morning.    Of course the delivery might not be until the afternoon;   DPD, the delivery company, send an e-mail giving a time (between 13.00 and 14.00 would be fine), when the delivery should happen.
‘Atlantic Kestrel’, the tug/supply ship that’s heading for Aberdeen, passed through the Strait of Gibraltar overnight, and is now bumbling along at 8.6 knots.

19.00     Wellll ... the weather hasn’t been the bonniest today, but... having said that it has been dry, and brighter in the afternoon.    I went up to Colinsburgh for a walk along the Main Street;  I moored up outside the Masonic Hall then walked to the east end
The Pend.
and back.    I couldn’t resist walking up ‘The Pend’ to have a look at the ‘back road’ up to Balcarres; sometimes called the ‘kirk road’.   This was the ‘road’ most used by the folk who lived, and worked, on the Estate.    Most of the houses are now let out;  very few of them have resident workers living in them.    I enjoyed my daunder through the auld village;   a village with many happy memories for me.

It’s Jimmy’s birthday tomorrow.... he will be ‘er... 91!     I treated him to a cuppa and scone in ... not... not Sainsbury’s;   I treated him to a change of venue, and took him to Kellie Castle Tea Room.     The Car Park was busy, so, presumably, the castle and gardens were busy too.... the shop and cafe was quiet when we were in;  but there was a meeting going on ‘next door’.

Our weather is forecast to be ‘dry and bright’ mostly, tomorrow.... but breezy.    We
Main Street, Colinsburgh .... and William 'T'.
could use some sunshine, before we drop into the depths of winter.


Photographs : Top – Colinsburgh front door, Middle – The Pend, and Bottom – Main Street ... and William ‘T’.

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