21st
July 2018 (Saturday)
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08.30 There
are four cruise ships moored
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| Elizabeth, Andrew and Gareth man the CA bookstall. |
up at the various anchorages and ports near ‘Three
Bridges’ this morning: “Sea Cloud” (sailing vessel), Royal Princess, Celebrity
Eclipse, and Balmoral. It’s a pity,
for the tourists on board the vessels, that the weather is overcast, with the threat
of light rain (Scotch Mist).... but it will brighten up later. I’ve
been out on the bike, just to Chapel Green, and though overcast is isn’t
cold...and .... is forecast to be warm/hot once the sun does break through.
21.30 This has been another another hard day on the 'Tour'; never mind it finishes next Sunday
(29th) so everything will be back to normal after that. There have been five cruise ships in the
Firth today, “Viking Sea” making a later appearance on the ‘Marine Traffic’
site. The “Royal Princess” is the
largest of the five, the windjammer “Sea Cloud II”, being the smallest.
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| Late evening from Nana's Seat. |
I’ve
had a quiet day.... actually I haven’t;
I ran the gauntlet of biking home from Elie at the busy time. Luckily I’d had a coffee in Harbour House
to fire me up for this; that said, I was
a complete ‘bag o’ nerves’ when I got back to Ivy, and had to have another co
.... no I couldn’t call what I make coffee.
I had mug of coffee tasting
liquid when I got back to Ivy!
“Sea
Cloud II” (the windjammer) is sailing for Dundee this evening; I’d like to get a photograph of ‘her’ but
she’ll most likely be going out on the deep channel, which is on the south side
of the Firth... and be using her engine.
I’ll have a look about 21.00 to see where she is. “Balmoral” has already left the Firth, soon
to be followed by “Viking Sea”, then, finally, “Royal Princess” and “Sea Cloud II”.
I did go to the beach and saw “Sea Cloud II” in the distance... and have
her
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| "Sea Cloud II" is in the middle on the horizon. |
in a photo, but only in the distant background. Royal Princess was coming up to the Bass
Rock and I did get a reasonable photograph of ‘her’; but the light was not good. However ‘she’ is on my records.... as is “Sea
Cloud II”.
According
to the weather forecast we’re to have a ‘breezy with sunny spells and warm’ day
tomorrow. I plan to have a day
pottering around the garden .... and watching the ‘Tour’ in between times.
