22nd
April 2017 (Saturday)
.... 08.00 Gorgeous morning for ‘Crane In’.... ‘bright
and sunny’ with a light westerly wind.
A braw morning for watching
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| Elie harbour 'Crane In'. |
the boats goin’ in..... though it is
cool; and will be even cooler down at
the harbour! There are a few clouds
appearing from the West... they always add interest to photographs... though we
won’t need clouds to do that at ‘Crane
In’..... there will be plenty, interesting, ‘nautical’ activity going on. Orf to have a cuppa.
20.30 ‘Crane In’ went smoothly, and all the boats
were ‘in’ before midday; except the
wooden boat I; the owner didn’t turn up
so it remains on the ‘grass’... where it has been for 18 months. It was cold down at the harbour, but braw
in the ‘Club House’, where I had a cuppa with Jimmy and Steve.
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| Elie harbour. |
After that I left the warmth of the Club to
go out and get some photos. I spoke to
a lady from Lower Largo; she was taking photos, for an ‘exhibition’ in
the Elie Sailing Club in August, from the top of the hill... and was ‘frozen’. I then wandered out to the pier and took a few
photos of the activity; the harbour is ‘alive’
again after what seems to have been a long winter. John arrived at the harbour, having walked
over from Shell Bay caravan park ... John has to do 10,000 steps every
day: not Linda’s instruction: John was wearing his “Fit-Bit”, which is
like having a ‘trainer’ with you 24 hours a day. I wonder if I should get one?
Jimmy
went along to Chapel Green for his morning walk, as did John ... on his way
home to Shell Bay... by which time I imagine he must have almost covered his
10,000 steps for today. John and Linda
come over most weekends.
In
the afternoon... after a quick ‘50’ .... I set up the bird bath: and it has been well used already ....
including by “Blob”. The wood Pigeons
have still to find it... they
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| Elie Harbour. |
empty it
when they have a bath... with water flying everywhere.
I
notice that my BT ‘hub’ is going off at regular intervals; uploading the Hutte could be a tricky job
tonight. I have to do the uploading in
the intervals it is working. The
problem, it seems, is caused by the workmen installing new connections up at
the ‘phone box’.
We
have had a lovely, if cold, day .... in fact there’s a wintry feel to the
air; and it is forecast to become
colder over the next few days.
I
read on the news that Minke Whale had to
be rescued round at Shell Bay.... I’m wondering if it will show up in Elie Bay
next!
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| Elie harbour. |
Photographs
: all taken at ‘Crane In’ this morning.
