26th
April 2016 (Tuesday)
... 08.30 I haven’t been further than
the front gate this morning so far, but that was far enough to find out that
there’s a cold Northerly wind, and that April Shower clouds cover the sun at
very regular
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| Elie Harbour |
intervals. The Banchory
-Fettercairn (Cairn o’ Mount) is blocked because of snow, and the snow gates
are closed on the Glenshee road.... yes, there is definitely a wintry feel to
the air this morning. I’ll get the bike out and go along for the
paper, after breakfast, and a ‘cuppa’;
I’m feeling nearly ‘frisky’ this morning; however, some of the clouds I see scuttling
south are beginning to have a ‘serious shower’ look about them.... this may
cramp my ‘friskiness’ a bit!
22.30 This morning, feeling on the frisky side
of excitable, I got the bike out and went along for the paper; on the way I diverted into South Street, and
ended up down at the harbour, and, having ‘broken the law’ by biking along a
one way street the wrong way, I doubt if I shall be able to sleep at all well,
tonight. Anyway ... where was I?...
oh yes the harbour: where I wanted to
get some photos of the threatening clouds from the beach. Of course as was almost bound to happen, the
threatening clouds came in faster than I could leave the beach so I had to take
shelter, in the lee of a boat for about ten minutes, from a heavy sleet shower.
From there I escaped up to
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| Earlsferry |
the
sheltered side of the Sailing Club, where I sheltered for another five minutes
before biking up to Jimmy’s for a ‘well earned’ cuppa.... with a damp butt
because I forgot to dry the bike seat!
On
the way home from Jimmy’s I did remember to go into the “Paper Shop” for the
paper, and milk. I wasn’t long home
before the doorbell rang, heralding the arrival of Jimmy looking for a
cuppa; we spent the remainder of the
morning blethering, and watching the television. It was after Jimmy had gone orf home that I
found that I had a ‘missed call’ on the phone:
“my vehicle was ready to pick up!”
I had a quick lunch then poodled along to Elie to catch the 14.14, “95” bus to Leven. From Leven up to the garage is a distance
of 1.25 kilometres; 1.1. of that
distance being uphill. The sun chose to
shine on me the whole way up, and
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| Elie Harbour |
it was warm ... the most pleasant part of the
day, as far as the weather, went for me today, though I’m sure that hill is
getting steeper. Anyway “Sooper Buggy”
is back at Ivy gate, very clean, ‘cos we got caught in a really heavy sleet
shower on the way home from Leven.
Jimmy’s
car is going to St Monans for its MOT tomorrow. I will bring Jimmy home, from St Monans, after
he leaves the car, then we’ll ‘do’ the Colinsburgh Lunch, and go back to pick
up his car later in the afternoon. In
between I’ll have to get the bike out for some exercise .... weather permitting
of course. Tomorrow’s weather is
forecast to be much the same as today.
Photographs
: Top – Elie Harbour, Middle – Earlsferry , and bottom – Elie Harbour.
