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Nice morrrrrrrning ....

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21st November 2025 (Friday)      09.50 .... After a cold night (-2.2c)  we have bright, and chilly, morning with some light cloud, a light breeze..... and sunny spells.   It will be cold on the beach .... and golf course.    I plan on going for a run round the villages in the car after morning coffee:  I'm feeling less sluggish than I was yesterday, but I suspect I'll spend a lot of the day asleep in my chair. 15.15    My word.... i there's a change on wi' the weather.:  the sky has clouded over from the West and there's a rawness to the wind that makes it feel much colder than it actually is.   The thermometer got up to 5C in the afternoon, but it felt more like 1C. My feeling 'less sluggish' today didn't last long;  by morning coffee time I was feeling ;  fatigued is the in word.   I thought you had to do something physical to become fatigued;  in which case I became 'fatigued' getting out ...
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Sunny .....

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20th November 2025 (Thursday)      10.00 .... It's a beautiful morning, but cold out.    The lowest thermometer reading overnight was -0.8C.   It has risen to 1.2C since sunrise;  but I don't think it's going to feel very warm all day.   There's frisky wind from the North so it's bitterly cold exposed to that wind.   I might go for a run in the car later.     We are lucky that the bad weather is missing us (apart from the cold wind). Apart from a slight headache, the jabs (jab singular actually) haven't bothered me too much.   I've had a litre of water since I got 'up';  now I'm going to have another cuppa.    16.15   The wind certainly took at least  couple of degrees off the temperature out in the open;  and it only reached 5C  sheltered from the wind.   I went up to Chapel green (in the car) after lunch, then  to Kinneuchar for a wee run.  ...
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Sunny ....

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19th November 2025 (Wednesday)     10.00 ..... It's a lovely, sunny morning, but cold.   The thermometer was at - 0.7C this morning;  the first time it's had a negative reading since I got it in March (birthday present).    It's never going to be overly warm today, but, thankfully there's only a light breeze so little in the way of wind chill.  As I'm going for my booster jabs at midday I've been busy peeling tautties, and getting everything ready for dinner tonight.   Sausages and mash.   Must 'go'.... slight "Flap On";  it's "early morning coffee" time. I had an exciting  dream last night! .....Scotland was in the final of the World Cup 2026!    And most of Scotland supporters were on tranquillisers!    19.30    As you can see from the top photo the Lomond Hills (affectionately known in the good auld days as 'The Paps o' Fife) have a light covering of snow this morning.  ...
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Heavy rain ....

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18th November 2025 (Tuesday)     11.30 ....  I'm late with 'The Hutte ....not because I've been  malingering or anything like that;  I've been busy.     The 'Master Plan' was to go to Lorraine's, and make an appointment to get my haircut.   However Lorraine isn't working today, so that was the end of that 'plan'.   By this time I was 'fired up', and in the mood to do something;  I took a couple of wet looking photographs in Elie!   Then I made up my mind to go to 'The Store';  it was, at that time, a good kind of day for wandering round a shop! .... and  I''d stop at the 'Paper Shop' on the way home. 'The Store'was quiet, not surprising on a morning like is has been.   Anyway, I wandered round the shop bought  a fair amount of vital needed foodstuff;  and some vitally needed ... er .... 'goodies'.  On the way home I noticed that the rain wasn't as heavy as it was on the wa...
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Nice morning ....

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17th November 2025 Monday)     09.30 .... We have a 'wall to wall' sunny sky just now, with a light breeze.   The temperature is 5.5C after an overnight low of 1.0C;  and, although chilly, it's really pleasant in the sunshine.  This could be a play day; ....after another cuppa (or two).    10.30    The golf course was busier than I thought it would be, when I went round The Ferry in the car.  It is definitely a 'play day';  and I might get The Buggy 'out  in the middle of the day.   I want to do a wee bit o' 'work' before 'play'.   I'll see how the mood takes me after morning coffee. 16.30    It has been a lovely, bright sunny day, albeit a chilly one.   The thermometer only got up to 6.2C, but, with the breeze being light there was very little wind chill, or it might have felt really cold.    The golfers were well wrapped up;  as I was,  and I was in the ca...
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Lovely morning .....

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16th November 2025     "Happy Birthday" to 'Sorley' who is 1 today! 11.30 .... It's a bonnie, wall to wall sunshine, kind of morning;  but it is chilly.     It was only 4.9C when I checked the patio thermometer half an hour ago.   There's only a light breeze so hardly any wind chill, so he air doesn't feel as cold as it was yesterday. I went to Elie for the paper, then to the harbour:  and was surprised to find it busy.   One of the skiffs  (Sea Queen) was out, and some hardy folk in for a swim  The swimmers were making for the sauna when I saw them.   The Cafe, "Elie Coffee Hatch", at the Sailing Club was 'open', and I thought of having a coffee;  but the skiff was being rowed round from Woodhaven Bay to Elie Bay, and I wanted photographs of it.    The 'plan'? .... make a mug o' coffee now,  then have a look at today's photies. 17.00    There's a wintry feel to the air tonight;...
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Lovely morning ....

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15th November 2025 (Saturday)     We had a sunny start to Saturday, but a whole lot of clouds have drifted over in the past hour and it now looks like we could have showers.    I went for a paper, then down to the harbour  to take a few 'today' photos .  There's a chilly breeze but I was well wrapped up and didn't find it overly cauld at the harbour.    I came home by way of Kinneuchar and Colinsburgh, to fuel up the car.    Colinsburgh Main Street is looking very smart after being resurfaced and relined etc.   It looked to me that the 'parking'  bays have been made slightly wider to accommodate the new wider cars.    Maybe it's just because the lines are new and more noticeable.    It could be tricky taking a big grain lorry through Colinsburgh.  When I think of Colinsburgh Main Street 70 years ago, with only a few carts in the whole village, compared to now.  However, that is progr...
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