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Wall to wall blue sky .....

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12th July 2025 (Saturday)     07.50 .... It's beautiful, sunny and warm (15C already) morrrrrrrrrrrning.... with a light Easterly breeze.   The breeze will freshen to a nice cooling air in the afternoon.   The villages could be overwhelmed with sun worshipper making for the beach  and water sports.   It's definitely a sun cream day for those that are out in the sun.   And .... it's also a brilliant 'drying day'. 19.00   It has been a (mostly) warm and sunny day;  I say 'mostly' because the haze mentioned in the weather forecast did turn out to be haar..... low cloud off the sea, and a chilly air and damp air (not good beach weather) driven in on a moderate Easterly wind.   Tomorrow's weather is going tom be sunny with a moderate (ENE) wind so it could be cool on the beach. My trip to Leven, and Methil to see Alice was an outstanding success but ... and  I know I go on about the number of vehicles ...
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Sunny and warm ....

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11th July 2025 (Friday)    09.00 .... It's beautiful morning;  sunny and warm with only a light breeze:  the villages will be busy, especially the beach, and the golf course.   I haven't been anywhere, but might have a wander down to Nana's Seat in a wee while, for some exercise.  It's 17.7C  just now, so the afternoon will be hot.   I'm at the Skeith Centre in the afternoon;  it will be a 'there and back' mission, no run to Crail, or anything like that, in the heat. 11.30    I've been down to the beach, but my word, it's hot;  23.4C at present.   It's perfect day for holiday makers, and day trippers enjoying the beach .... and the water.   The hardest thing might be finding somewhere to 'moor the car'. The beach was fairly busy when I was down there (early morning).   My first stop was The Blue Tits seat! It was already too hot for me, even with a bottle of water, so I  wandered al...
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Nice morning ....

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10th July 2025 (Thursday)    08.45 .... at the moment we have some cloud, but "sunny, with a moderate breeze (W)" is our weather forecast, so it's going to be sunny and warm/hot;  with High UV, and pollen counts and low pollution level (actually the pollution level depends on the amount of traffic). I have to go to the Skeith Centre (Anstruther) at some point today, so might have a run to Crail, then home by the 'back roads'.  18.30    It has been a lovely sunny (and warm) day;  and I was busy in the morning.   I went to the Skeith Centre, and 'The Store' as per plan.   The run to Crail had to be cancelled.   Why? ..... because I'd forgotten to bring the bag with the camera, and mobile phone etc. in it.   So it was a shorter mission, than I'd been looking forward to.   And I found out that I have to go to the Skeith Centre tomorrow; to have my catheter changed.   Had I checked the calendar I'...
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Sunny and warm ....

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9th July 2025 (Wednesday)     08.30 .... it's a lovely sunny morning;  more like summer time!   Iain has been spraying the wasps nest  (Tree Wasps) with Rentokil spray;  the wasps are few in number now.   I'll give them another spray tomorrow.   I'm not keen on killing hard working insects but wasps can be a pain (literally) in the Autumn.   So they must go.  I always remember a wasp in New Zealand when I do this!     'M' had a big underground nest in the garden and they were starting to annoy us.   We went to the garage and got half a bottle of petrol.   Then... Last thing at night you (take the cork off the bottle) push the upturned bottle into the nest entrance then seal it with earth.   Just as I was about to shove the bottle into the nest entrance, the single wasp that think about, went into the nest.   It would have died anyway, because the petrol fumes...
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Nice morning ....

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  8th July 2025 (Tuesday)     08.45 .... After that rain thundery rain yesterday (thunder at Methil) we have a sunny morning, with a fresh feel to the air;  it felt quite autumnal when I first went out at 07.00).   According to Carole we are going to have a spell of warm and dry dry weather.... so forget the early morning autumnal air....  summer is coming .   unfortunately for me... my morning began with a migraine;  another sign that summer is coming.     16.00   Iain arrived about 14.30 .... and  we've had a cuppa and blether.   Iain is now going for a walk to the cliffs, to see if the Scotch Argus butterfly is 'in residence'.    Before setting off for the cliffs we made an online payment to HMRC.  A small amount of money that I 'owed' them.   Surprisingly, I've been a busy 'boy' today in spite of the migraine.   I went up to Colinsburgh to deliver a 'Sym...
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Nice morning ....

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7th July 2025 (Monday)    08.30 .... I got up early this morning, to go 'roond The Ferry' on the Mobility Scooter (it needs a 'name');  the sun had just broken through the clouds at that time (06.45), but the roads were quiet.  It was quite chilly.   Going round 'The Royal Burgh' is easy;  but I'm not quite ready to tackle Elie yet. 19.00   The air has been mauchless for most of the day;  however a heavy shower o' rain about an hour ago cleared the air and we have a nice, fresh, evening.   I went to Methil because Alice and I both needed to go shopping;  not for food this time, though Alice did buy a couple of  Sainsbury's cheese rolls to convert into a toastie for lunch.   We both go everything we went for;  and enjoyed the 'Alice Toastie' lunch.... followed by Alice's home made fruit cake and a cuppa.   20.30   Tomorrow would appear to be the start of spell of warm, dry weather;...
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Light rain ....

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6th July 2025   (Sunday)    08.30 .... It's a quiet morning, but damp with 'light rain and a light breeze'.    Just now the  breeze is from the West ,but it's going to wander about and come from various directions throughout the day.   I've been for the paper(s), and took one photograph before the light rain came over.  Thankfully the rain started at 08.15 and is now gently watering the flooer tubs.  The sky should break up later to give us 'sunny spells'.... with the light rain now and again.     It's a nice day for watching le Tour de France.   (It started yesterday).   I'm a happy boy. 14.30    We've had a fair amount of light rain up to now, but the sky has brightened up and we could be in for some sunny spells with light rain showers.   The weather in France at 'le Tour' has been much like ours except they had heavier rain.    They've biked out of that onto dry roads;...
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