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Wall to wall blue sky .....

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21st June 2026 (Sunday)     (Summer Solstice)      11.00 .... Beautiful morning;  warm with a light Southwesterly breeze.   Perfect day for a potter around on the beach .... under a layer of sun cream!   I had a brilliant night's sleep;  didn't wake up until 08.40.    I won't be watching football in the middle of the night again!   Unless Scotland is in the Final!     17 .00    My word .... it's hot..... and we have been busy, having been to 'The Crusoe' (Lower Largo) for Father's D\y lunch;   it was a triple celebration:  we celebrated Janice's Dad Father's Day (and Birthday), and Michael's and  My Father's Day.     The Car Park was really busy when we got there, with the Local Community Group walk,starting from the Crusoe Car Park; the walkers, led by a Pipe Band, then walked up to the play park, at the Bowling Green, to have a picnic.  ...

Nice morning .....

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20th June 2026 (Saturday)      09.45 ....  We have near enough a 'wall to wall' blue sky .... and it's warm!    A decent spell of summer weather is long overdue.    I'm going to look out the sun cream! We had a late night watching Scotland v Morocco in the World cup in the Boston Stadium.    All the venues used for the World Cup matches are spectacular  some even super spectacular!    And all seem to be full at any of the games I have watched. 22.30     It had been a proper sunny summer's day;   and warm, verging on hot in the afternoon.   It was certainly too hot for me in 'The Hutte'.   That said;  I have been really tired today.... and have been falling asleep.    'The Boy' won't be staying up to watch football until 01.00 again, as I did last night watching Scotland play Morocco.   I'll be in bed by 23.00 tonight. Michael and Janice are out with fri...

Cloudy.....

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19th June 2026 (Friday)    10.00 .... We've the occasional blue patch in the sky, but rain is Photo Courtesy BBC News. forecast:  though I expect sunny spells now and again.   This is one of the 'longest days' of summer with the Solstice on Sunday.    There's an Amber heat warning out for parts of England or the weekend;  it's to be comfortably warm in Scotland but not a heat wave.     Michael is having a Lemsip because he has a summer cold:  I wonder where he got that from?     oops! .... probably me!      The 'News is mostly about Andy Burnham winning the Makerfield by-election, and the repercussions that might happen because of  this win.  (Probably the 'end' of the Labour Party's chance of winning the next General Election).   Andy Burnham is a good 'speaker', but, for some reason I cannot imagine him on the International Stage!     UK politics could be intere...

Cloudy .....

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18th June 2026 (Thursday)      09.30 .... St the moment it's cloudy but dry;  however light rain  forecast.  That said, at times it looks like the sun could break through and give us sunny spells.    I was thinking of doing a washing, but I'll leave that for another day.    I'll run round wi' the Hoover instead.   I'm tired after an enjoyable day yesterday;  today will be a rest day. 21.00   Michael and Janice went to the Ceres Museum in the morning;  Me? .... I wasn't as frolicsome as I'd hoped to be, so stayed at Ivy and caught up with some 'ousework.    When they got back from Ceres Janice and Michael decided to walk to Lower Largo (their 20,000 steps) via Dumbarnie Golf Links.   After a refreshing cup of coffee in the Railway Tavern, they caught the bus to Elie.    By this time it was raining heavily, so they got soaked walking from Elie to Ivy. While 'The Troops' were doin...

Light rain ....

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17th June 2026 (Wednesday)      09.30 .... We had light rain earlier, but the sky is brightening and  sunny spells should be with us soon.    Heavy rain is mentioned in the weather forecast for KY9 so this looks like being a day of mixed weather.    At the moment we have a light breeze from the Southwest, and the sun is on the verge of breaking through! 14.00   'Th Troops' are off for a walk along the beach;  the sun is breaking through so it should be comfortably warm for a walk. After breakfast we went up to Cupar to the 'Fisher and Donaldson', Fudge Doughnut Factory and Tearoom, where we had morning tea and an 'energy giving goodie'.    In my case it was one of my 'five a day'. George and I used to work, in Cupar, for Bett Brothers;   so this was a bit of a nostalgic run out in the  car for me.   I've just realised that was 40 odd years ago.;  it was a nostalgic run right enough!  ...

Light rain ....

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16th June 2026 (Tuesday)    10.00 ..... It's overcast, with light rain at the moment, but it should brighten up, to give us sunny spells in the afternoon.    There's a light, southeasterly  breeze, so not as warm as it should be in June.    It's cosy down in 'Sunny Sussex'.   14.15    Michael and Janice went to Leven to get some bits and pieces:  I stayed  at home nursing a cold I have.   I picked it up last Thursday in the 'Store'; so should begin to feel 'bright eyed and bushy tailed' tomorrow. The weather has been a bit of a let down this morning;  but the sky is brightening up now and we expect sunny spells shortly.   We've been watching the tennis from Eastbourne (Queen's) and can see that it's sunny in, would you believe it.... 'Sunny Sussex'!     15.00    Michael and Janice are away for a walk, so I am thinking of going out to The Hutte for 'afternoon coffee'. ...

Light cloud .....

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15th June 2026 (Monday)      10.15 .... Janice and Michael are away to St Andrews on the bus, and I have been running round wi' the Hoover.   It's a nice morning, but the cloud is hiding the dun a lot of the time;  this means 'The Hutte' won't be as warm as I like it.   However, the  kettle is 'on'  and I will have morning coffee out there;  and do a Soduko. 18.00    I didn't linger out in The Hutte very long;  it was far too chilly.   The sun never really got going because of a thin layer of cloud that filtered the heat out.  It must have been cold on the beach.  As you can see from the top photograph we have 'traffic control' at the Ferry Road/ Links Road junction.   I didn't venture up to see what it was all about;  the wind had freshened by this time ans it was, and still is, cold! Janice and Michael arrived back from St Andrews a couple of hours ago, carrying a 'Fisher and Dona...