Bright and breezy ....


15th December 2019 (Sunday)      09.00 .... it’s a bright, breezy....  and
Chapel Green, Earlsferry from Elie harbour.
cold....  morning;     definitely a ‘wrap up well’ day.   The forecast is for us to have ‘sunny intervals’, most of the time, but there’s a fair amount of cloud about so there will be ‘cloudy intervals’ too.   I’m feeling playful and I’d like to get the bike out but I have other things to do.... so I’ll give the bike a turn round the villages tomorrow. 
 

11.30    I had to miss the kirk, and the mince pies, being that I am in a  ‘slight flap on’ state getting things organised;  which included a trip to the re-cycling depot at Pittenweem.... and the car needs a wee bit of a tidy up before I take it up to Brian’s after lunch.    The weather has been mixed so far today, with more cloudy spells than sunny ones;  and with squally showers.   Not really a very bonnie day at all.   I’m going to have a cuppa then get on with the some ‘ousework etc. 

Late afternoon sunshine on Elie.

17.00    Once again I’ve been a busy boy;  the car is safely ensconced  up at ‘Erncroach’ where Morven (My Secretary) is i/c car.   After Moira, and Brian, dropped me orf at Ivy I had a wander down to the beach .... coming up to sunset .... I found it quite pleasant but you had to be well wrapped up.    The beach was fairly busy for this time of year:  perhaps the AirBnB, and the Elie Holiday Home Offices are bringing in ‘off season’ visitors.   Anyway it was a bonnie enough sunset so we could be in for a better day tomorrow;  less cloud and longer sunny intervals.

19.00    The gritter lorry went down Ferry Road not long ago so we must be expecting
Sunset over Chapel Green, Earlsferry.
a frost tonight;  it has been cold and we do have a clear sky, so frost tomorrow morning won’t be a surprise.   I must remember to bike along to Elie to pick up my pills from the Chemist;  that is tomorrow’s vital job.   The rest of the day will be spent tidying up Ivy.... and charging the bike battery.


I see that there’s a yellow warning out for Fife ..... icy roads in places tomorrow morning apparently.   Now we know why the gritter went down Ferry Road.

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