14th
October 2017 (Saturday)
..... 08.00 It’s one of those mornings
that makes me want to do things .... there’s a freshness in the air that’s got
me feeling
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| Sunrise time. |
active. Being active might
be harder. I went down to the beach for
sunrise, but I could see that the clouds were too low, along the eastern horizon, for sunrise to be colourful, but it was a
good morning for a stroll along the beach.
I’ll get the bike out and go down to the harbour after breakfast .... although
there is a breeze, it’s not too windy this morning.
13.00 The boats have been ‘craned out’ .... on
what was a perfect morning for craning out boats... there being only a light
wind. By the time I was down there, at 09.00, the crane had been busy; four
of the big yachts were ashore. I took
some photos then, saw Jimmy arrive.... but he didn’t bother staying, and went
off to do his ‘Chapel Green’ walk. We
arranged to meet at Ivy for a cuppa before going to the ‘Coffee Morning’. Hmmmmm .... aye .... Jimmy and I went
down to the Town Hall at 10.15 to find the doors closed. How I managed this I do not know; we were three weeks early! The Ferry Toon Hall Coffee Morning is on
the 4th November! When I
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| Crane out. |
went to write
this on the calendar I found that I’d already done so! Bein’ me is easy; getting used to ‘me’ is something else. This would never have happened when Maggie
was alive. Jimmy and I went to
Sainsbury’s Cafe!
20.30 For some inexplicable reason I am in a ‘working’
mood just now; so I cleaned the other (there
are two) kitchen window, inside and out.... and the living room one. With
12 small panes, the kitchen windows are most
awkward to clean. Because I’m using different muscles I slept
like a log..... working around the house is good exercise, so the intention is
to do more around the house and garden.
Weather permitting I might even paint the front of the house .... once my muscles feel up for it.
Everyone
will be pleased to know that our two tugs, AH Varazze and Atlantic Kestrel
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| The Toft, Elie. |
with
Transocean Prospect in tow, are poodling
along in the Aegean Sea at 2.5 knots, and should arrive at Aliaga within the
next 48 hours. Our oil tanker, Olympic
Leopard, is too far from land just now, and will be until she is off Cape Town,
to use the land based masts .... I should pick her up in a couple of days.
Photographs
: Top – Sunrise time ... there is a slight hint of red on the cloud bottoms, Middle
– Elie Harbour, and Bottom – The Toft, Elie.
