Bright, sunny and cold ....
26th
April 2017 (Wednesday) .... 08.00
We have “bright and sunny” this morning, but it is forecast to cloud
over later: and, that cauld wintry feel to the air, is
still
with us. I’m organised for Leven, and
Kirkcaldy; I only have the bird feeders to fill...cannae
neglect “Blob” and Co.... and have a cuppa.
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| Shale gas tanker off Kirkcaldy |
20.30 ‘The Boy’ has had a hectic day, and is
looking forward to having a ‘sleep in’ tomorrow morning. The Kirkcaldy trip was a successful
mission, as was getting the car timing belt fitted. The next thing with the car is to get the
rear wheel arches looking bonnier; this
could be the problem. In the meantime
I’m going to enjoy driving ‘her’.
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| Arthur's Seat from Kirkcaldy Prom. |
When
in Kirkcaldy I had a walk down to ‘the Prom’, which is a mile and half of
traffic free perambulating space: it
was also nigh on free of people ‘perambulating’ today... then again, there was
a cool Northerly wind blowing.
On
the way back to the Bus Station I ‘tangled’ up with a couple of men selling
something! One of the blokes said to
me, ... “if I gave you 20p what could you buy with that?” I replied ... “ two thirds of entry to the
loo.... and at my age two thirds into a loo isn’t much good!” I think I was supposed to sign up to donate
20p a day to his Charity... but I didn’t.
I already donate to Charities at Christmas time.
At
the Bus Station I contemplated having a
cuppa, but decided to meander round the ‘stances’,
and, lo and behold, found a bus going to
Leven: it was the X27, which ... and I
didn’t know this ... travels to Leven via the ‘Standin’ Stane road: not that travelling on the ‘Standin’ Stane’
road is “iggzactly” exciting, but it is unusual to do it
in a bus. It must be one of the fastest bus journeys
between Kirkcaldy and Leven; well it
would have been if we hadn’t got stuck ‘ahent’ something crawling along at 20
mph. for a mile or so.
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| Elie harbour. |
It
is supposed to be warmer, and dry, tomorrow....
though remaining windy; in fact it will
be a good ‘drying’ day. Better still, I should get out on the bike
again soon. I’m not keen on cold winds.....
I must be getting ‘older’.
Photographs
: Top – Shale Gas tanker orf Kirkcaldy, Middle – Arthur’s Seat and the
Salisbury Crags, Edinburgh, and Bottom – Elie harbour.
