Fresh SW breeze ....

29th July 2023 (Saturday)      09.00 .... There’s a frisky SW breeze bringing


 loads o’ interesting clouds.... and fresh air over the Firth.  The weather is forecast to be much the same as yesterday’s.... light rain showers with a moderate breeze’;  in fact that’s  the weather for the next few days.  

I took the car up to Elie to get the paper  (and visited the harbour).   All is good at that end o’ the toon...though I noticed that Liberty is full of parked cars.    Going to Elie, via Liberty and Bank Street, could be difficult.


16.30   I went out on the bike about 11.00, but  ... my word the main roads were busy.  Anyway I wanted to go to Kinneuchar kirkyard to have a quiet moment at Harry and Sheila Joss’s grave side: Sheila was laid to rest beside Harry yesterday and I was unable to go to the funeral.  This was a nice morning for a bit of quiet thinking.   With the roads being busy I decided to come home by way of the Shell Bay/ Grangehill to Elie and


Earlsferry road: it too was busy .... with walkers!   It was a bonnie day to be out on the bike.....sunny and warm.   It was too warm in fact.... then again, I was togged up to contend with a cold snap.  Actually when you are going at 15.5 mph on the bike you do create a cool breeze.

Now for exciting news:  I am going to be a ‘Great Grandad’!   Emily (Granddaughter)... of John and Emily (Somerset/ Cumbria, Sussex, is pregnant.   At the moment I am the ‘adopted’ Great Granddad to Darcy and Sully: does being a triple Great Grandad mean that I can be thrice as grumpy?   Happy days for this... er ....elderly person! 

There are thundery showers around;  I thought I heard a rumble of thunder not long ago.... and we’re having a thundery shower as I type.   There is a thunder storm brewing up on the Borders.... could we be in for an 'intermittently damp' evening/ night?

20.30   We’ve had a couple of heavy showers, but in between them is fine; showers are


forecast overnight, with the chance of thunder tomorrow morning.   It should be ‘sunny with light showers’ by morrrrrrrrrrrning coffee time.  


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