Nice, although overcast, morning .....
1st
April 2017 (Saturday)
..... Hmmmmm .... it’s overcast but
dry.....and .. there’s hardly any wind
so it’s not cold; in fact it’s a
pottering around the garden
day. It’s
also a good day for me getting the bike out.... this is where I have to make a decision ...
gardening or biking? I’ll do both ....
first I’ll go for a quick bike round Elie Estate then go up to Kinneuchar ‘CM’
with Jimmy, then do gardening after lunch.
That’s the ‘plan’. Orf to get
the bike out.
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| Elie Lighthouse between 'April showers'. |
21.30 The overcast sky cleared away, leaving us
with a lovely day; though we did have a
few, reasonably heavy, but short, ‘April showers’ in the afternoon; they didn’t interfere with a generally
enjoyable day. The Kinneuchar ‘CM’ was
quiet at first but livened up after half an hour; Jimmy and I enjoyed two double pots of tea,
with scones, before we went to Leven;
Jimmy wanted easy to make mashed ‘tauties’. By
the time we got back to Ivy we were
ready for another cuppa.
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| Elie Harbour. |
After
midday I could see the ‘shower’ clouds gathering, but, being as they were only
‘shower and not prolonged rain, I biked down to the Harbour, where “Lorraine’s
Galley” (the Sailing Club) was ‘open’.
Jimmy and Steve were already ensconced by the time I got down there,
and, over a mug of tea, we discussed ‘things local’... and spent a happy hour
or so in the Sailing Club. I took a few
photos of the ‘shower clouds’, then got slightly wet biking home, .... but,
nothing worth bragging about.
The
evening had a ‘quiet’ look to it so I took the camera, mounted on the tripod,
up to the ‘pony field’ to get some practice.... the villages looked ‘neat’ in
the fading sunlight, but, I should have gone out earlier. Nevertheless I’m happy with what I got. I’m thinking that the Canon will be mounted
on the tripod most of the time .... the photos are much sharper. That only shows that I am a “bag o’ nerves”
when operating
without the tripod, in fading light.
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| Late evening sunlight on the Toon Hall spire. |
I’m
feeling tired tonight, though I didn’t do that much today: apart from biking and drinking tea... oh..
and eating scones at the Kinneuchar ‘CM’.
I’m supposed to be waging war on ‘Puku’ but ‘he’ seems to be winning
this battle; I will win the war ....
eventually!
I’m
thinking of going to the kirk tomorrow;
it’s at Elie, which is well within biking range. I’ll see how I feel in the morning.
Photographs
: Top – Elie Lighthouse between showers, Middle – Elie harbour about one minute
before it started to rain, and Bottom – late evening sunlight on the Ferry Toon
Hall spire.
