3rd
May 2020 (Sunday) 06.30
.... It is a bonnie looking morning; oh
the
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| Elie Bay this morning. |
sky is mostly overcast (as per weather forecast) but it’s interestingly
overcast.... yes I’m liking this morning, even with a moderate easterly breeze. I’ll get out on the bike later... after I
have been to Ardross Farm to pick up my food order; I need to take the car for the paper as i
need milk... and something else but I’ve forgotten what the other thing
was. Oh ... the paper.
07.30 I’ve been for the paper (and milk) so I can
now settle down to have breakfast and have a quick browse through the
paper. The sky looks like we could get
s few showers but showers aren’t mentioned in the forecast.
I
see that we have another boat ‘parked’ in the Firth (Aberlady Bay): it’s a
RO-RO Dover ferry the ‘Pride of Canterbury’.... so we now have four
cruise liners and one ferry. I’m sure
that Maggie and I crossed (the Channel) on this ferry when we were
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| Kinneuchar kirk from the Colinsburgh road. |
going to
Austria. Five months ago everything was
poodling along as per normal.... now we l have to get used to a new ‘normal’
both physical and economic. Coming to
terms with this change is going to take a long time.... this is not a game on
the computer; even all the assault rifles in the USA “ain’t
gonna fix this”.... this is real.
19.30 I had a braw run out on the bike; up to the Balmakin junction where I went
left into Balcarres Estate along the Balcarres road then down the Double Dykes
and home via Colinsburgh and Kinneuchar,
a distance of 13.36 kilometres (8.3 miles). I had thought of going up to Rires but the
clouds were beginning to look threatening and the temperature had dropped. I enjoyed that run and I was well ready for
a cuppa when I got back home. The
remainder of the day was spent resting in the Hutte before making Shepherd’s
pies for the freezer. Tomorrow I will
make Cottage pies.
It
will be interesting to hear what the Government comes up with their plan to slacken
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| Balcarres Estate. |
off the self isolation ‘rools’ and
get the country back to work. The main
worry for them is doing it too soon and starting another upward curve: so it’s unlikely much will change ...
especially for older people. Ye Gods
.... that includes me. Actually I would
be quite happy for our streets to remain quiet;
likewise the golf course: the world seems quieter and mair peaceful....
and even greener. Less fumes. It’s a pity it’s taken a killer virus to give
the planet a rest from the incessant damage caused by human activity.
