Alberto's Hutte

5th September 2026 (Saturday)     08.00 .....   We have a 'bright and breezy' start to Saturday;  oh, there's some light cloud, but not the rain beating kind.    It's a grand morning for doing a bit of the Coastal Path;  or, if you are in a washing mood, it's a brilliant 'drying day'.   Me? ..... I might have a short walk up to the seat at the 17th green sometime today, but this is going to be a 'rest day' after all the exercise I had yesterday.    Hospitals involve a lot of 'hard ground' walking. 11.30    There's a bit cloud about now, and quite chilly when exposed to the fresh Westerly wind.  I haven't been anywhere,  but have a wee washing to hang out so I have done something useful.    I'll think o something else to do after morning coffee. 20.30    Yesterday eventually caught up with me!   I kept falling asleep.... er... cat-napping.     So I never went for ...

4th September 2026 (Friday)     06.45 .... After the light rain last night we have a bright and breezy morning.    However it will be bright, and even breezier in the afternoon, with freshening winds forecast.  A nice drying day!     I'm ready for the trip to Kirkcaldy;  my appointment is at 10.40, not 09.40, that I previously thought.    So flap 'off' and the kettle 'on'. 20.30    As I expected this has been a busy day, but the Inner Ear MRI scan has been done.   A noisy experience, but with earplugs and headphones the noise was bearable.    I can't imagine what it must be like without the plugs and earphones.     I arrived at Alice's with time to have a cuppa before  taking the car down to Leven Bus Station, where we louped on to a No 73 bus that goes to Kirkcaldy Bus Station via The Victoria Hospital.   A lot of different bus routes do this.   It saves th...

3rd September 2026 (Thursday)    09.40 ..... It's lovely morning;  sunny, with a frisky, WSW breeze;  which will dry the washing I have on the line.     Rain is forecast to arrive late in the afternoon, and be with us overnight.   The washing will be in and ironed long before that.     I'm going to have another cuppa then have a short walk up to the phone box.   Perhaps even further if the new inhaler is doing it's job. 17.15    I enjoyed my short walk;  in fact I thought about going out later in the afternoon, but it turned cloudy and cooler, and the rain isn't far away.   Anyway, Alice and I will  have a couple of walks tomorrow: from the  Bus Stop at the Victoria Hospital, to the Hospital Entrance door, and the reverse, after the MRI Inner Ear scan.   This has to be done as I have Tinnitus in the right ear.   The fact that I've had it  (Tinnitus) for 60 ...

2nd September 2026 (Wednesday)    09.45 .... We have a 'dreich' kind of morning;  an overcast sky with light rain drifting in, on an Easterly breeze, off the North Sea.   Not a morning for doing the Coastal Walk!    I was thinking positive earlier, and  actually have small washing going through the machine;  it won't be going out on the line today.    That said we could have some brighter weather (perhaps even a sunny spell) now and again, most likely in the afternoon. 20.00    Apart from a brighter, and drier, spell in the middle of the day the weather has been disappointing, being mostly overcast with light rain.   I didn't go out today; not even to the Friendship Lunch, and I was looking forward to that.  I must say that the new inhaler does improve my breathing, there's no doubt about that.   It will take a couple of weeks before I really know how good it is;  which fits in perfectly wit...

1st September 2026 (Tuesday)     09.30 .... We have light cloud at the moment, but light rain,with the chance of sunny spells is the forecast for KY9 today.   There's a moderate breeze from the WSW but it isn't cold.   I'm ready to go to Methil, but I don't need to go shopping.   I'm going to defrost the freezer before I do a 'big' shopping.   As a matter of interest;  this is the first day of Meteorological Autumn. 20.00     The roads were busy when I went to Leven and Methil this morning;  but nor as busy as they were in the afternoon on my way home.    There was more or lass a continual line of holiday traffic travelling West wards;  my side of the road was quiet.    At Alice HQ we had a cuppa and goodie before going across to visit Alice's friend Barbara.   Barbara  fell a few weeks ago and broke her arm.  She is well on the mend though still unsure about go...

31st August 2026 (Monday)    09.45 .... We have a sunny, and warm, Bank Holiday Monday, after a sultry kind of night.    I had to switch on the fan it was so hot.   The North East of England had a lot of thunderstorms, which have now drifted out over the North Sea.   "Sunny intervals with a moderate Westerly breeze"  is the weather forecast for KY9 today.  Me? .....  I'm going to enjoy a quiet, and relaxing, holiday Monday!    No 'ousework or anything remotely, even slightly, strenuous! 19.00    I now have my Community Alarm, which is operational, but still has to be finally 'set up';  and the annual fee paid.     A letter should arrive in the next few days with the details, of what I have to do next. We've had a lovely sunny day, though I found the morning stifling and uncomfortable.   But the wind freshened in the afternoon and we had a really nice fresh day:  a bit too hot t...