Flying Scotsman
15th
May 2016 (Sunday)
... 10.00 It’s not quite a ‘wall to
wall’ blue sky, but it isn’t far from it;
it’s a beautiful morning! I
went out on the bike for some pre
breakfast exercise, biking 9.6 kilometres
(5.97 miles). Had I known that I was
near the 10 kilometres mark I’d have gone ‘roond the Ferry; which would have taken it over the 10k....
and the six miles mark. I am ready
for breakfast.
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| Shell Bay road |
The
‘plan’ for the remainder of the day is to ‘work’ around Ivy, though I have left the bike out in case I
fancy a ‘run’ up to Kinneuchar Loch later.
I’d better go and feed “Puku”.... he’s grumblin’.
23.00 This has been another bonnie day, and, for
me, productive: at long last the rose
bushes have been ‘fed and watered’. The
biggest job was removing the weeds from around the bushes .... so lots of scars
from thorns. However it’s worth a few
scars, because of the fragrance, and colour, of the ‘roses’: and, I’m beginning to ‘admire’ the garden
again .... but it has been hard work.
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| Trophy winners |
Janet,
Clare and Lesley came along, to the Earlsferry Thistle Golf Club, in the
afternoon, where Janet presented the “John Peters Memorial Trophy”, to the
winners, Craig Hopkirk and Stuart Coulthard. It is a friendly and happy event, with
soup, sandwiches and banter.
While
at the presentation Lesley mentioned that she knew the times of the Flying
Scotsman journey through Fife this evening, and ... and this was the extra
special bit, Lesley’s friend, Katie, would let us into her Dad’s yard, which
overlooks the railway line in Kirkcaldy, and we could go along to get a photo
from the yard. It was arranged that I’d poodle my way along
to Leven, then Lesley would take us to Kirkcaldy.
The
yard was the perfect vantage point, in fact Lesley and Katie had one of the
best views of all and got a beautiful video of the “Scotsman” passing. Katie didn’t even
know what the Flying
Scotsman was, so I was particularly chuffed when I saw the video that she got...and
she now has a beautiful memento, and most definitely knows what the “Flying
Scotsman” is! I was lower down, and took
single ‘shots’; the sun had set behind
a cloud so the light was a wee bit iffy, but I’m happy ... I now have my own
photo of the “Flying Scotsman”.
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| Flying Scotsman |
Photographs
: Top – a double decker bus by the Shell Bay roadside, Middle – the winners of
the John Peters Memorial Trophy, and Bottom – the “Flying Scotsman”.
