Balcarres Estate walk ....
2nd
November 2016 (Wednesday)
...... 12.00 I’ve been a busy ‘boy’ so
far today; not doing much ‘work’,
though I did wash three jerseys, (and they are now
out on the washing line).....
with it being a lovely, brisk kind of morning, Jim and I took “SD” up to North
Lodge and had a daunder down to the ‘pond’ to get some autumn photographs. The Estate trees are looking bonnie, a last
‘show off’ before the winter ‘hibernation’.
Our trees are not the really bonnie autumn colours that you get in some
of the States in the USA (it must be marvellous to see that as it happens)....
but in their own quiet way our local trees put on a bonnie, albeit quieter,
show.
breeze in fact!
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| Quiet corner of Balcarres Estate. |
21.00 Once again I’ve had a busy day, and will be
glad to get into my bed, with my book.
The jerseys I hung out were nearly dry when I brought them in; a quick run over with the iron is all that’s
required now. At times during the
afternoon I had wondered about the weather, but it stayed dry with a light
breeze; a ‘light drying
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| Balcarres sawmill pond bridge. |
Jimmy
arrived earlier for his morning cuppa.... in fact he arrived about five minutes
after Jim and I got back from Balcarres.
Jimmy set off home to continue
clearing out; it must be the season. ‘Lunch’
must have been an exciting event for me today;
I’ve forgotten completely what I had.
I know I had ‘mince and tauties’ for dinner, which I would be looking
forward to, and therefore wouldn’t have had much for ‘lunch’ ... I do remember
having an apple for ‘sweet’.
I
got a pleasant surprise in the afternoon .... Sandy (Reid) dropped in for a
chat; and a cup of the ‘Hutte Finest’.
Sandy had intended going for a daunder round the East Links but they were
overrun with people; obviously ‘up to something’.... but nobody knows ‘what’. Anyway we spent a pleasant hour chatting
about Elie and Earlsferry, and ‘life’ in general. Even the coffee tasted good. Jimmy arrived about ten minutes
after Sandy
left.... we had a cuppa, and another blether,
Jimmy was unable to clarify what was going on at the East Links..... but
he was impressed with a huge, black ‘camper van’ thing!
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| Balcarres pond. |
The
weather forecast is of the ‘damp’ variety for tomorrow; ‘cloudy with a good chance of light rain’ in
the morning. It will be brighter in the
afternoon ..... we have the Drop in Cafe!
Photographs
: Top – a quiet corner of Balcarres Estate, Middle – the Den Burn where it
enters ‘the pond’, and Bottom – the Balcarres sawmill pond.
