29th
September 2016 (Thursday)
.... 08.30 ....It’s a bonnie
morrrrrrning... but windy, and especially so on the beach. I felt
quite lonely down
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| Windblown sand on Elie beach. |
there .... only myself, and a few birds waiting to see the
sunrise: which we didn’t see until
twenty minutes after the actual time; when the sun appeared over a bank of low cloud.
It’s not that cold ‘out’ but the wind
is annoying when trying to stand still with a camera: I eventually found shelter in the lee of the
Cockstail rocks. From there I watched the wind shifting sand
along to the Breakwater, and all points
East.... and took a few photographs.
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| Elie Harbour at high tide today |
20.30 Jimmy and I went to Leven where I uplifted
the tyre compressor that I’d ordered at
Argos; from there we went over the road
to Sainsbury’s, for a cuppa; and to do a wee ‘shopping’ when we were there.
On the way to Leven we drove through a heavy shower, of which
there have been a few today, but on the way home it was like a breezy summer’s
day. It was in fact very windy but you
didn’t notice that in the car.
After
lunch I drove along to Elie, mooring up at the Toll Green, then walked down The
Toft to take some photos of the rough sea at the harbour. The water was bashing over the sea wall
onto the road so I didn’t venture any further.
At this time, it was high tide (14.28) and the wind was at its
strongest. I got the pictures I wanted
and went up to the ‘Drop in Cafe’ for a much looked forward to hour of happy
conversation over a cuppa. And that is
how it was .... and how the ‘Drop in Cafe’ always is!
The
wind has moderated considerably, and will be back to normal by tomorrow
morning: the weather forecast for
tomorrow is ‘good’... much the same as today
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| Elie this afternoon |
without the strong wind. There’s much talk by the weather
forecasters that we might see the Aurora Borealis tonight; the last time I had a look looked outside, there was ‘that’ feel in the air right enough,
being cold and clear. I’ll have another
look about 22.00.
‘Nae
plans’ for tomorrow, but I must get out on the bike not having been out on it
al all today. I’m finding that I have
to keep walking, and biking, as much as possible or I stiffen up easily.
Photographs
: Top – sand blowing along the beach, Middle – Elie harbour bay at high tide
this afternoon, and Bottom – ‘The Terrace’ sea wall Elie.
