Warm (8C) ....

23rd January 2023 (Monday)     09.00 .... the sky is heavily overcast and


there’s moderate breeze.... and the garden thermometer is at 8C;  it’s warm.    If the sun breaks through we’d have a really nice day!   I’m feeling friskier than I did yesterday;  almost playful in fact.   I have an appointment at the Adamson Hospital (Cupar)in the afternoon I am using the 'Lanchen Greig'.... and Alan is picking me up at 14.30.    Slight ‘flap on’ now.... I’m hungry.

12.00    The sun is trying hard to break through:  I know this because I’ve been to the shops and the harbour.   It is pleasantly warm (for the time of year);  even at the harbour.   There’s hardly any wind so nae wind chill.    I took  a few photos and thought about going to the lighthouse then remembered I have an appointment this afternoon.  I am easily sidetracked.


18.30    The Adamson Hospital was really busy this afternoon;  the busiest that both Alan and I have ever seen it.  They were short staffed and had three clinics going;  luckily for me the one I was attending (Phlebotomy) was the quietest of the three and I was out of the hospital 5 minutes before my appointed time.   Alan didn’t have to wait long and we soon on our way home.   The Cupar road has its share o’ potholes:  however we got home without mishap.... but you have to be watchful.

 

21.30    Apart from Alan driving me to Cupar I’ve had a quiet day.   I enjoyed chatting and catching up with his news so the journey passed quickly. 

 Derek (my brother) came down to pick up a clock that John repaired, when Emily and John were here at the end of December.  And that was my afternoon.    Since then I have had dinner and generally been lazy:  in fact I’m tired now as I didn’t have an afternoon nap.  

The weather forecast is good for the next couple of days.  I’m going to Leven tomorrow


morning.... where I’ll have a  cuppa at Alice’s  then we’ll do some shopping in Leven.   The car is going for a service on Wednesday so I’ll go out on the bike then .... it is supposed to be sunny and warm.

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