Bright and breezy ....

8th July 2023 (Saturday)    07.00 .... we have a bright and breezy start to the

'Bold Ventures' at the creels.

day.... it would be really warm but there’s a cooling breeze off the North Sea so it’s pleasantly warm.   Thundery showers are forecast to move up to our area in the afternoon;  at the moment they are bubbling up around the Midlands (Stoke on Trent).

18.45   It has been a headachy kind of day; however, although we’ve had a few showers, the nearest thunder was over towards Glasgow in the afternoon.   At the moment there’s a storm bubbling up around the Solway Firth area:  the Yellow Warning is active until midnight tonight.  I won’t be biking this evening.

As planned I went to Leven to do a shopping, then up to Methil to visit Alice: Izzy (Alice’s daughter) had dropped into visit ‘Mother’; I managed to overcome my ‘bashful and retiring’ nature, and was blethering to the girls.... almost as if I wasn’t a shy boy at all.  Izzy and Alice are going down to the Borders for a few days next week so Izzy had to dash orf ‘cos she had her case to pack.  Karen  (Alice’s daughter) arrived with Alice’s case which has also to be packed ....but they don’t leave until Tuesday so ‘loads o’ time’.   Karen also organised the replacement of  Alice’s gas meter.   The meter is in an outside box, which is fine; the only problem is that you have to lie down on the lawn to read it.   All the meters on site are in outside boxes.... but the dials are on top of the meter and can be read standing up.   Alice’s meter is the only one that has to be read lying down.

Part of 'The Terrace' - Elie.

After having lunch with Alice I set off for Ivy Cottage;  my word the roads were busy   I had to ‘floor it’ at to keep up with the traffic flow.... I was up to 35 mph at one point!   After putting the messages away I sat down to watch Stage 8 of ‘le Tour’.   Sadly Mark Cavendish crashed and had to abandon... having broken a collar bone.   It was a simple accident with a horrible result, but that’s the way of bike racing.

22.00    We never had any thunder today, but we have had a good spell o’ rain ...and the air has cleared.   I’m in a ‘playful’ mood again;  but it’s bedtime  so tomorrow is going to be a play day.  ‘Sunny with a gentle breeze’ is the weather forecast for us tomorrow so I should get out on the bike after the heat of the day and when the roads are quieter.

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