Cold but brighter .....
27th
January 2017 (Friday)
..... 09.00 Although cold and mostly overcast,
it is a brighter morning with breaks in the
clouds.... in fact the sun could
make a break through later. The weather forecast isnae that ‘bright’
.... spells of light rain are supposed to drift over from the East later in the
afternoon.... this rain could fall as snow along the East coast. It’s a ‘wrap up’ morning if you’re going
down to a beach.... it’s a ‘wrap up’ morning if you’re going ‘downtown’.
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| Janice's flowers |
23.30 Funnily enough by midday, when I walked
along to “The Ringles” , it was not cold.... and I was ‘wrapped up’. At “The Ringles” I had a bowl of soup and a pint of Harvey’s
Best Ale. I ‘Googed’ the word
“Ringle” and discovered that it is from the old English name ‘Hringwulf’; and that a ‘ringler’ (German) was someone
who made rings from horn etc. It would
appear that someone with the surname ‘Ringle’ lived up at ‘Ringles Cross’ at
some time; whether he/she made rings I
have yet to find out.
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| The road I walk to the Ringle's. |
I
got back to “No1” to find that Janice had sorted out all the flowers.... and
had received two more cards. We had a
cuppa, over which we discussed the fact that I am now ready to go back up to
Fife. It’s always the same: I arrive in Sussex feeling a few degrees ‘under’,
then, about four weeks later I am
feeling great; Janice has me ready
to go back up to Ivy again. We reached
the conclusion that I need to eat at least one substantial meal per day: my problem is, that I get diverted, and
neglect the eating thing. I’m probably
400 calories short of what my body needs per day when I’m at home. Easily remedied .... as long as I don’t get
‘diverted’.
Sue
and Joe arrived in the middle of the afternoon; we
chatted over a cuppa, and, before we knew it the sun had set, it was nearly
dark .... time to feed “Bonnie”, the dawg! .... and for Sue and Joe to set off
home: home being about quarter of a
mile
away as the crow flies.
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| Uckfield water tower - now a house. |
We
had a quiet but interesting evening;
Alex turned up, from whom I learned a few more things about
Uckfield. The evening passed quickly
... too quickly for me as it was enjoyable; however I am now late with the Hutte.... and ready for my bed.
Photographs
: Top – Janice’s flowers, Middle – “London Road” sign, and Bottom – The Water
Tower at the top of Uckfield.
