Grey and damp ....

30th July 2021 (Friday)     08.00 .... Last night I sprayed the entrance to a


wasps nest that I’d spotted;  and it appeared to have done the trick because I didn’t see any wasps working this morning.   However, just to make sure, I thought I’d give the entrance another dose:  you could say I ‘polished them off’, because I picked up the wrong canister and used furniture polish.   The lavender aroma was the clue that had me changing canisters and hitting it with the right stuff:   the mission has been successful, because we have no wasps working the nest ....   nevertheless, if anyone sees fast flying, lavender smelling wasps,?  .... they’re mine!   

We have a grey damp start to the day, but it isn’t actually raining, so I’ll get the bike out and go for the paper in a wee while.

09.00    I’ve been for the paper, (in the car ‘cos we have a spell of heavy Scotch Mist’) but didn’t go to the harbour;  I wanted to get back to Ivy and have breakfast.   I’m feeling brighter this morning, yesterday I couldn’t get going at all:  that would probably be caused by the excitement of picking up Michael and Janice, and driving the day before.   Slight 'flap on' now.... I need another cuppa.


16.00    Lunch out at The Grange was absolutely brilliant;  we had to take a diversion because the actual Grange Road is being resurfaced;  this meant going into St Andrews, but the detour didn’t really affect us even though we were ten minutes late.   We had to wear a mask to walk to our table, but otherwise everything was ‘normal’, apart from clear partitions between the tables.   The company, food and service.... all excellent;  as per ‘auld normal’ really.    My eyelids are awfie heavy;  I will put the kettle on before settling down in The Hutte to have a cuppa, and do a Soduko.

21.30   Wellll .... this has been an exciting and enjoyable day, and it is a tired boy that


will be crawling into his bed tonight.    I went up to Chapel Green in the evening and just sat there and enjoyed watching and listening to people enjoying being in Elie and Earlsferry.   It was a balmy evening and paddle boarders were taking advantage of the flat calm water, to go for a walk round the bay;   while others were swimming, paddling, or like me, enjoying watching other people enjoying themselves.   I’m lovin’ the villages being ‘alive’.


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