East wind with heavy Scotch Mist .... dreich!
9th
July 2016 (Saturday)
.... 09.30 Oh dearie me .... we have
an easterly breeze this morning, and it has brought in heavy Scotch Mist from the North sea; it’s
“dreich”, and not very summer-ish at
all! Hopefully the wind will veer
round to the West, (but that could take a while),....when it does, we might end
up with a bonnie late afternoon/evening.
I’ve been down to the beach... and I wasn’t alone. There were three dog walkers, a lone jogger
... and two blokes in swimming..... a busy place! I
had hoped to go out on the bike, but it’s too wet for that. ‘Housework’? ..... Mmmmmm ... I’ll have to think
about that!
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| Earlsferry beach this morning |
20.00 The weather improved fairly quickly this
morning, so I got the bike out and went down to the Sailing Club where,
unsurprisingly, I bumped into Jimmy.
He, Jimmy, has had a problem with ‘his’ seat in the Club .... a young
lady sat in it. This is not good. Sitting in Jimmy’s chair is tantamount to
treachery and punishable .... very punishable. The fact that she, was a ‘she’, probably
saved her from a fate worse than having to drink a mug of the Hutte Finest
every morning for a week. Actually
when I think of it ... that’s what I do;
drink a mug of the Hutte Finest every morning! No wonder I’m ‘stressed oot aw the time’!
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| Stewart and Forrester |
All
was peaceful and calm down there this morning, with “Rabbie’s” tours (from Edinburgh)
depositing a load of tourists; who promptly scattered, cameras at the ready,
to take photographs of “Elie from the Harbour”... on what was, by now, a bonnie
morning. There was ‘cricket on the beach’ outside the “Ship
Inn”, and folks all over the place, enjoying the ambiance of an Elie morning. The sea was flat calm... perfect for
Stewart and Forrester going out on the Jet-Ski. I don’t know how far they went but they
disappeared towards the North West after
changing ‘drivers’ beyond the Beacon.
Jimmy and I had another cuppa, with a bacon roll for lunch, before I
left for Ivy, stopping to get the paper on the way.
Luckily
the garden was soaking wet, so I wasn’t able to do any real ‘work’ stuff; it’s the weekend anyway. I
think I may be allergic to doing violent things .... like weeding!
Jimmy
arrived so we had another cuppa ... this time sitting in the Hutte; being
glowered at by ‘Blob’. We fed him. He continued glowering... so we fed him
again! Eventually he, ‘Blob’ seemed
satisfied and began to preen himself.
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| Elie Bay |
After
another short spell of rain in the afternoon, we have a lovely evening; I suspect that the word ‘romantic’ could be
used when describing how it is.
‘The
Hobbit’ is on the television at 19.45 and I intend watching that.... however if
the evening looks like being one of those balmy ones, I’ll have to take a break
down to the beach!
Photographs : Top – Elie beach this
morning... Middle – Stewart and
Forrester on the jet-ski, and Bottom – Elie Bay at midday.-
