Stimulating day .....
7th
April 2016 (Thursday)
.... I have been round the ‘beach/Chapel
Green’ walk, on what is a ‘nice’ morning;
there’s a ‘nip’ in the air, but it’s not as windy as yesterday, so the
wind chill factor is lower .... it’s pleasant for walking. The sunrise (06.21) was disappointing,
being hidden by low clouds .... but I
enjoyed the walk: I only met two dog
walkers ‘roond the Chapel’ this morning... perhaps it was just a wee
bit too
early for joggers. The beach was
empty both going ‘out’ and coming ‘in’;
I was surprised by this.
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| Elie this morning |
I’m
feeling in ‘work’ mode today, but I’m sure I’ll be able to shake that orf and
find something more enjoyable to do.
No ... I am going to get the ‘broon’ bucket filled up so it will be
garden tidying this morning.
20.30 Some days are good, some are even better
than ‘good’; ‘today’, for me, was stimulating. I managed to near enough fill the ‘broon’
bucket, which gave me a satisfied feeling, and got me fired up to get the bike
out.... I would bike along to the Drop in Cafe in the afternoon!
One
other ‘job’ I did in the morning, was
hang out a washing.... it was ‘bright and sunny’ by this time ....which banished
any thoughts of April Showers to some soporific corner of my brain. By
this time Jimmy had ‘come and gone’ and I was feeling peckish: I ate.
Immediately
after lunch I took a cuppa out to the Hutte to do a Soduko... and fell
asleep. Awaking from this short
siesta, I felt really fresh and frolicsome; well ready for doing a wee bit biking. The ‘Drop in Cafe’ was quiet to begin with,
but filled up steadily, and was soon humming like a beehive... only louder! There were Christmas
crackers on the
tables... this encouraged much conversation. When I think of it I must have sat
blethering for over an hour, because it was after 15.30 when I left the ‘Cafe’,
too bike through Elie estate on my way home to Ivy.
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| Mature sycamore on Elie Estate |
The
shower began, gently, as I was passing Elie House, lulling me into thinking “this
isnae going to come to much”. It did
(come to much)... and continued
increasing in intensity until I stopped to take shelter under a tree, from
where I took some pictures of the loch.... and from where I could see the
extent, and hear the ferocity, of the deluge that I was by now ‘stood staunin’
in, albeit under a tree. About five minutes later it slightly slackened
orf, and I made the decision to continue on my merry way back to Ivy where I’d have
a ‘hot shower’. I must be a crazy auld coot
... I actually enjoyed ‘biking in the rain’!
The heaviest bit of the shower had passed over, and I was biking
through, what was, by this time, ‘normal rain’..... and, the only parts of me
actually
wet, were the fronts of my ‘delicate’ legs. (Note to me;
I must remember to check if there are any April Showers threatening
before I set orf biking in future).
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| Kilconquhar Loch |
‘The
Boy’, (that’s “me”) has had a happy, and stimulating day. The washing?
The washing is still on the line,
and will be there all night, because it’s going to be a bonnie day tomorrow
.... April Showers are now regarded as
an extra rinse... or two.
Photographs
: Top – Elie this morning, Middle – a mature tree (sycamore) on Elie estate. Note a ‘new’ tree growing out of the bottom
branch on the left...and Bottom – Kinneuchar
loch after the worst of the shower had passed over.
