2nd
March 2018 (Friday)
..... 09.00 Oh my word it is bitterly cold, with snow
squalls/blizzard blasting through regularly;
not a morning for being out!
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| Ferry Road. |
Yesterday
we had sunny spells between the showers, but today’s forecast doesn’t mention ‘sunny
spells’ at all. I like ‘sunny spells’
.... we need the “huge lamp in the sky” to brighten our day up! I know it’s cold on the beach; I’ve
been there. There is a subtle change
on though .... the clouds are ‘different’, and there’s a rawness in the air, and there's a mair 'black and white' look .....
unfortunately that doesn’t mean the snow is going to shift yet. I’m not driving anywhere just now , but I
do warm the car up every morning. At
this moment in time I’m thinking it’s about time I had a cuppa.
11.30 It is breezy out there. I’m just back from a walk across the golf
course to West Bay, then back home via Chapel green and the Ferry High Street. At least there is a slight thaw on ....
but the wind-chill is significant. I
enjoyed most of the walk, but
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| KIncraig cliffs - Earlsferry. |
walking into the wind at Chapel Green was hard
work .... and I had to hold onto my hat.
I don’t think I’ll venture far in the afternoon; probably as far as the beach .... high tide
is at 14.57. I’ll try to get some
rollers coming in... it’s a 5.9 tide with the wind from the East/Southeast so
it will be wild.
20.00 This has been a very dour, cold day; but at least the snow has begun to thaw a
bit..... I knew that when I went to photograph my icicles. They had been the first to thaw. I spent some time in the kitchen this
afternoon .... roasting bits of chicken, and making a rice pudding. When I knew there was a bad spell of
weather on the way I ‘stocked up’ with milk etc.... so I have loads.
I
didn’t go to the beach at high tide; I
was enjoying working in the kitchen. I
remember taking a look down the Wynd and at
the time the sky was a depressing grey,
with a gloomy and cauld look. Didn’t fancy ‘gloomy and cauld’ so went
back to the
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| Earlsferry High Street. |
kitchen.
Tomorrow’s
weather is forecast to be much the same as today’s; dull and damp with occasional flurries of
snow/sleet. We are coming to the
horrible, slushy and wet underfoot, aspect of the snow, as it begins to
thaw. I might go into hibernation for a couple of
days. Tomorrow is going to be a day
of rest for ‘the boy’ .... walking, gingerly,
across the golf course on the light covering of snow, was tiring!
Gingerly, because I was aware of
slipping on the grass. Jings I’m
beginning to think ‘old’.
