Bright sunny .... and cold
5th
November 2016 (Saturday)
..... 08.30 Mmmmmm.... it’s ‘bright
and sunny’
with a cold northerly
wind.... a day for being out, well wrapped up. I haven’t
been further than the pavement so
far,.... that’s where I went face to
face with the cold northerly .... and it won!
I’ll
wait until the sun is higher before going out for a walk..... though it’s the
wind that is the problem this morning.
I’ve got the urge to ‘run away’ this morning ..... trust me to pick a
cauld mornin’ to want to do that!
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| West Shore Pittenweem |
20.30 This morning, instead of going down to ‘my’
beach.... I jumped in the car and went along to Pittenweem West Braes for a
change of scenery: by this time the sun
was well ‘up’, and, out of the wind, it was nice reasonably warm. I walked down the ‘braes’ towards West
Shore Pittenweem. I got some
photographs but by now I was facing the wind so about turned and went up to the
shelter at the top. Fife Council have
been doing a lot of work at ‘the braes’, there’s a new ‘skate board’ area, and
a crazy putting green; the whole area
looks good.
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| Looking west from Pittenweem. |
By
the time I got back to Ivy it was time to go up to Kinneuchar kirk for the “Colinsburgh
Coffee Morning”; this is held in
Kinneuchar because Colinsburgh kirk does not comply with modern Health and
Safety standards. Although there were
one or two empty seats, there was a happy buzz about the hall; I love the sound of happy people chatting.
Jimmy
came in. Late’ for his morning cuppa at Ivy:
I’d just got in from Kinneuchar when her arrived. We had a quick cuppa and then went along to
the Exhibition in the Elie Hall... to clarify a few points: Jimmy and I have much knowledge about the
exhibition. We had a soup and
sandwiches lunch... again. I wonder?
.... should we go along for a cuppa tomorrow afternoon? Jim is ‘on duty’ at some point
tomorrow; we may have to go along to
give him some support.
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| The Ferry beach at sunset time. |
The
England v Scotland, “Four Nations” rugby game has just finished; the final score was ... 38 – 12 in England’s
favour .... the better team won... and won well. Next tonight we have Australia v New
Zealand.... that should be a thriller.
Photographs
: Top – West Shore Pittenweem, from the West Braes, Middle – looking West from
the west braes; there’s a lot of ‘auld stuff’
in this photo: you can see the windmill
that pumped the water used in the salt pans at the East end of St Monans, the
spire of the ‘Auld Kirk’ of St Monans, with the Newark Castle dovecot, and castle
ruin beyond... and, Bottom – The Ferry beach at sunset.PS
