Kincraig Cliffs ....
9th
April 2016 (Saturday)
.... 08.00 The weather has been
ever so slightly ‘dreich’ so far this morning; I woke up at 06.00 feeling energetic, and in
the mood to do some stuff in the garden, but that ‘plan’ has been put orf until
the sun
breaks through to dry things up.
The rain is forecast to stop
early in the morning, but the sky is to remain overcast for most of the
day. Funnily enough I still feel
energetic. I’ll have to burn that orf inside Ivy
..... I’ll do the ironing, but not
before attending to “Puku” who is beginning to feel neglected. It’s breakfast time!
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| Low tide beach at Kincraig cliffs |
09.15
.... The rain has stopped, and the sky is beginning to become brighter,
so, I’ll go out for my morning walk,
having done the ironing, and had a quick run round with the ‘oover. I’m thinking I deserve a small reward for
this spell of ‘work’(?): a cuppa and a
piece of ‘melt in the mouth’ shortbread would be more of a ‘big reward’, but
Puku” reckons ‘he’ is worth it! Oh my word
.... I can see bits of ‘bloo’ in the sky..... we could get some sunny
spells; now, I wonder, should I wash the
sheets?
21.30 The ‘bloo’ bits in the sky evolved into a
sunny and warm afternoon; and I did do
the washing, which I brought ‘in’ not long ago,... sort of, three quarters dry. When I saw how the weather was developing
this morning, I decided to get the bike out and bike, over to, and across West
Bay beach to Kincraig cliffs to have a look at the beaches that would be
uncovered at low tide. Before leaving I
set the washing
machine going, so that at least it would be working!
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| Entrance channel to Macduff's cave Earlsferry |
The
last time I went out to Kincraig to see the ‘spring tide’ beaches would be 10 years ago: that time I was able to walk, on sand, all
the way round to the West end of ‘Pebble beach’.... that was a really ‘big’
tide. Today I only got as far as a wee ‘cave’
that is ‘uncovered’ at low tides, on the West side of the Macduff’s cave
entrance channel. I could easily have waded
along to the wee beach at the West end of ‘Pebble beach’ but I’d have had to
take orf my shoes and socks. Instead I
went into the Macduff’s cave channel, where I met a few folks doing the first
two chains of the Chainwalk. After
chatting to a couple of ‘Chainwalkers’, I climbed out of the channel and back
onto West Bay by way of the first (or last) part of the Chainwalk.... and then to my bike. From here I explored my way along the edge
of the tide on the bike, stopping to take photographs from different ‘viewpoints’.
For
me this has been another ‘happy’ day;
most of them are, but doing stuff like I did
today, and yesterday, and
talking to folks enjoying the ‘Centre of the Universe’ is just that wee bit especial.
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| Macduff's cave |
Dod
dropped in during the afternoon and we had a cuppa and a long natter in the
Hutte. In between me getting back to
Ivy, and George turning up, I had hung out the washing, ate something, and had ‘50’. It’s strange but, since I got my hip
replacement I can do all the things I want to do.... but, oh my word, can I
sleep at night. I can’t remember having
that problem when I got my replacement knee.
Having said that .... the knee replacement was six years ago. I’m
that much older now: perhaps my body is
telling me that I’m ‘older’, but my brain is ‘hard of hearing’!
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| West Bay from Kincraig |
Photographs
: Top – Low tide beach at Kincraig cliffs, Next – Macduff's Cave entrance
channel, with Chains 01 and 02 of the Chainwalk.... Chain One is behind the lassie,
who is looking at someone doing Chain
02... Next – a family Group on Chain 02 ... the top of Macduff’s cave is what
you see atop the grassy bit in the background. The mound of earth that buried the cave
entrance, slipped off the top of the
cliffs when the naval guns, situated on top of the cliffs, were fired during
WWII... and Bottom – looking along West Bay from the Eastern end of the
Chainwalk.
