Proposed development exhitition ....
17th
May 2018 (Thursday)
.... 09.00 We have yet another lovely
morning: When I first went on to the
beach the air was cool, by the time I came off the beach it was warm; we have a bonnie day ahead of us by the look
of it. The beach had a fair number of
dog walkers bumbling around ,,,, and Carol; who was walking a long piece of plastic along
to the nearest bin. Carol reminded me
that, this afternoon, we have the public exhibition re the proposed housing
developments on the edges of Earlsferry and Elie. The exhibition is in Elie Kirk Hall from 14.30 – 19.30. That coincides with the ‘Drop in Cafe’ so I’ll
pop round there after a cuppa.
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| This morning! |
I
think that I’ll do some ‘work’ around Ivy this morning; the weeds seems to think that they are in
charge: that said, I also think the
weeds are in charge. I’ll pull a few of
them; I feel very gardener minded this
morning. It won’t last.
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| The view from Jenny and John's Memorial bench. |
22.00 I managed to fill the ‘broon bucket’ with
weeds, so I feel happy with today’s gardening spell.... though you can hardly
see any difference to the garden.
There has been a cool easterly wind most of the day, so I didn’t go out
on the bike, choosing instead, to go for the paper and coffee in Harbour House, in the
car.
George
came in for late in the morning. I
made us a cuppa and we enjoyed a blether... and a chocolate biscuit. The diet begins again tomorrow. We arranged to meet at the ‘Drop in Cafe’
in the afternoon, from where we’d go round to the ‘Major Developments
Exhibition’.
As
ever the ‘Drop in Cafe’ was a happy hour spent with friends: it’s something that I look forward to every
week. That said, it will be closing
soon for the summer break. It’s only
35 days until the Summer Solstice, on the 21st June, a week after which the
nights start ‘drawing in’, and it’s all downhill to winter.... and the Drop in
Cafe opening after the summer! Jings
how time flies!
George
and I went to the Developments Exhibition’, and found a fair number of people
already
in the hall. I browsed my way round; actually a lassie pointed me in the right
direction.... while George went to ask about the plan for the sewerage. The 26 houses on the Grange (Earlsferry) development
are being knitted into Grange part of Earlsferry, and won’t make much
difference to the auld part of the village.... apart from more traffic using
Ferry Road.
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| The Ferry beach. |
I wouldn’t want the villages to lose their ‘auld,
East Neuk village’ look. Regardless of
the best intentions, some of the new housing will most likely end up as ‘holiday homes’. I assume that ‘affordable housing’ means
houses for rent. The small business units at Wadeslea are a
good idea, as long as they are built to match the proposed houses at Wadeslea ,
and do not look like ‘standard’ industrial units.
Our
weather for the next few days is forecast to be ‘more of the same’; i.e.
warm with good sunny spells. I
haven’t any idea what I’m going to do in the morning, but I’m going to visit
Chris at the ‘Windmill’ in the afternoon.
