Cold and miserable day ....
28th
March 2017 (Tuesday)
.... 12.45 Thank goodness that the ‘warm
and sunny’ days are past; I was
beginning to worry about my delicate skin becoming
sun-burnt! There’s no fear of the sunburn today; we have an overcast and cold day .... the
wind is from the East!
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| Activity on Elie pier this morning. |
I
had a quick look outside this morning and decided that I’d go to Leven: I needed a haircut, and a wiper blade for ‘Sooper
Buggy’. I’d also go to Sainsbury’s and
get some ‘food’. This has all been
done; I arrived back at Ivy in time to
get the kettle on for Jimmy.
After
our cuppa we went down to Elie Harbour;
the pontoon was ‘going in’ today.
That had been done by the time we got there. The tide was out, so we went along to St Monans
harbour to see the result of all the dredging activities: there is a big difference from where they have
been, and where they have yet to 'be' .... there is no doubt about it ... they
have removed a lot of silt etc from St Monans harbour.
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| Ian n(Jimmy's son) leaving St Monans harbour. |
20.30 Most of my goings-on happened in the morning
when I went to Leven: however I did fit
the wiper blades in the afternoon; but
that was easier said than done. I
carefully noted how I took off the old ‘’blade’, then fitted the new one ...
except I didn’t; fit it the right way
i.e. Mmmmmm ... I looked at a ‘wiper
blade’ and thought “that is an inanimate object .... logically I can do this ...
it is not going to beat me!” I
eventually got it right ... and the wiper blades are in situ. Now I am waiting for rain; the big ‘question’ is “will they still be
there after I’ve used them?” It
wouldn’t be the first time that I’ve fitted a wiper blade, only for it to fall
orf after two swipes across the windscreen.
Happy happy ‘me’.
This
has been one of those ‘drab’ kind of days as far as the weather goes; grey and
cold with an unhealthy Easterly
wind.... which meant the bike never left the shed. The weather forecast for tomorrow is
slightly better; there’s the chance of some bright spells... I might bike up
for the papers.
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| "Miller's " the boat builders slipway at St Monans East pier.. |
Tomorrow is the ‘Lite Lunch’ at Colinsburgh
(Town Hall) so that will take care of ‘food’ ... though I will have something
in the evening.
Photographs
: Top – Crane on Elie pier after setting the pontoon in place, Middle – Ian
leaving St Monans, and Bottom – “Miller’s”
slipway, at the East Pier St Monans.
