Alberto's Hutte

16th July 2026   (Thursday)    10.15 .... The sun is already threatening to break through the light cloud to give us the "sunny intervals, with a gentle Easterly breeze" that is forecast.  The garden thermometer is at 20C;  a nice day for the beach and other holiday pursuits.    Me? ..... I'm having another quiet day at Ivy, but might get 'The Buggy' out, if the roads aren't too busy and have a turn round The Ferry later.   11.30     I've just seen the Argentine Football Team with the 'Malvinas Banner';  that demeans their win, and brings it down to the same level as the person that painted the banner.   It's very disappointing; football, in fact all sport, and politics should be kept apart! 22.00    I've had a fairly active day;  in fact I've just finished watering the flower tubs.    It's actually one of those balmy evenings, when Maggie and I would sit outside with our coffee, listenin...

15th July 2026 (Wednesday)     10.00 .... We have low cloud this morning, but it's not as heavy yesterday's cloud;  in fact it looks like the sun could break through by morning coffee time.  This would be a welcome improvement on yesterday's 'sunny spells':  if I remember correctly we only had one sunny spell yesterday, and that was late in the afternoon!       My morning began with a migraine, which is a bit o' a nuisance;  but I've taken the pills, and will spend today doing what I'm good at ....pottering around Ivy.   The first thing I'm going to do after this update, is do a BP reading. 16.30     We have 'wall to wall' blue sky just now;   I imagine the beach will be busy this afternoon, though there is a cool NE breeze.    The garden thermometer was at 22,5C when I checked it 10 minutes ago.    I've been sitting it The Hutte, but it's too hot now so I've put the kettle 'on...

14th July (Tuesday) 2026      09.30.... A cool NE breeze has brought a bank of low cloud in, from the North Sea;  but the sun should burn the cloud off by the afternoon.    At the moment the air is chilly, but will warm up when the sun does break through.    That said, it here will be a cool onshore breeze on the beach. I have my appointment with Laurie (Nurse) this morning;  but, do I have have time for another cuppa before I go? ..... of course I do!   'Slight Flap on' .... got the kettle to switch 'on'. 15.15     My BP appointment went well;  but the reading was high.   'White coat' (in Laurie's case 'blue coat syndrome')  would contribute.    I have to do a weeks worth of readings at home, to eliminate the 'blue coat' syndrome, and see where my BP is at in normal conditions.    The sun has let us down today;  it has yet to break through the cloud.   Actually i...

13th July 2026 (Monday)      09.15 .... We have fluffy clouds meandering across the sky, giving us sunny intervals just now:  however the sun should burn the cloud off to give us another hot day.     It is 17C on the patio at present.    There's a moderate (cool), ENE breeze;  but there's something in the air that is disagreeable (probably traffic fumes);   pollen levels are  Medium, pollution Low.    20.00   There has been a cool breeze off the North Sea that kept the air cooler, so we've had a lovely, sunny day, albeit hot on the patio..   Taking advantage of this spell of 'drying days' weather, I did a woollen wash;  and detached a few weeds from Mother Earth. Shona arrive about 11.30, so we made a cuppa, hen went out and sat in The Hutte,  chatting and putting the World to rights.    She had parked her car on Park Place (Elie) then went down to the beach to walk along ...

12th July 2026 (Sunday)     08.30 .... It'a a quiet, peaceful, kind of morning;  there's a layer of light cloud but it is starting to break up, so I'm expecting 'sunny spells' later.     I got 'up' early this morning  to watch a recording of the England v Norway World Cup Quarter Final, on BBC2 ..... it was on too late last night for me to stay up and watch 'live'.   An evenly matched game; England eventually won 2 - 1.      I have no 'plan' for today: after after a busy day yesterday, I think a 'rest day', pottering around the garden,  is a good idea. 22.45    It has been a lovely, sunny and warm day;  and an eventful day!    My Great Grandson,  Austen (Rushton), was christened  in Somerset, and Michael sent photos (25) of Austen's christening, to my Frameo.     The Frameo is set to random, so taking photographs off the Frameo is a restful kind of 'job'.  It wor...

11th July 2026 (Saturday)     09.30 .... It's foggy just now, but the sun should break through to giveus a sunny, and warm, afternoon.    This is a quick update before I go to Alice HQ, have a cuppa, then go down to Leven to so some shopping.  20.00     Everything went as near enough as planned today!   The Temporary traffic lights in upper Largo  caused some delay, but that was all.   Sainsbury's was busy;  with some heavily laden trolleys at the tills.  We were lucky;  the till we used had, what I'd call 'normal trolley loads.   I imagine that the heaped up trolleys were folk starting (and stocking up for) their holidays.    The lady in front of us was in a Mobility Scooter, so Alice gave her a hand to pack her shopping in the scooter basket and pannier bag.   Alice's friend, Barbara, fell and broke her arm in two places, so we went over to cheer her up.  Unfortunat...