Interesting morning ....
10th
October 2017 (Tuesday)
.... 08.30 We have another bonnie and
interesting morning; with much
happening by means of the weather. We have a
blustery wind that’s bringing
clouds scuttling over from the West, showers rattling along the ‘sooth side’,
patches of blue beginning to break through the clouds... and, although windy it
doesn’t feel cold. That said I use the spot
that Chris and Barbara’s levelled, for their beach hut, to shelter from the
wind, so it might be colder ‘exposed to the wind’. Yes it’s a good day for a walk, .... however,
at times it does look like we could catch a shower.
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| Blustery morning. |
21.30 It has been a good day for a walk, though
the ‘sunny spells’ were few... and far between;
I went up to the Deil’s Lodge
(Balcarres) in the afternoon, and had a short
walk down the den road. I started to spit rain so I cut the walk short. The rain never got beyond the ‘spits and
spots’ stage, so I could have kept going. The trees trees are beginning to look fairly
autumnal now; I’ll have a longer walk around
Balcarres, on a sunny day, next week.
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| Balcarres Den. |
With
the morning being dull I decided to make a batch of Wholemeal Scones; they turned out much better this time. The difference? I used new Baking Powder; the baking powder I had been using was ‘best
before’... July 2015. Unfortunately “Puku” is liking the taste of
the scones.... this is not good.
“Olympic
Leopard”, ‘our’ tanker is bumbling her way south... she is now off the coast of
Guinea (West Africa)... and the temperature is still 27c. AH Varazze, Atlantic Kestrel and Transocean
Prospect are enjoying a comfortable 22c in the Mediterranean, as they pass Crete. They will then have to meander though a
jumble
of Greek islands to get to Aliaga, their destination in Turkey.
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| The Deil's Lodge, Balcarres. The Deil is sitting on top of the lodge. |
We
have the ‘Friendship Lunch’ in the Elie Kirk Hall to look forward to
tomorrow; always a happy hour eating
and chatting. The weather forecast for
tomorrow, Wednesday, is much the same as it was for today, but we could have
rain first thing, but should clear away quickly. Then again it might not.
Photographs
: Top – Elie this morning, Middle – Balcarres den, and Bottom – the Deil’s Lodge
(North Lodge) Balcarres.
