17th
July 2018 (Tuesday)
.... 07.30 It was cool when I did the ‘roond the
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| The Ferry beach at 05.44 ..... apart from the litter, very relaxing! |
Chapel Green’ walk this
morning, but at that time, 05.30, there was little heat from the sun; and, ... it was behind clouds. Having said that, it was a bonnie
fresh feeling air, and I enjoyed my walk.
Two cruise liners were in the Firth... the ‘Viking Star’, making for
Rosyth, and the ‘Queen Elizabeth’ for Newhaven anchorage. They were too distant to get a decent photograph,
but I might catch them leaving the Firth this evening.
19.00 Oh my word .... the Tour de France disnae
half take it oot o’ me: I’m
shattered. There was a lot of climbing
today; it’s amazing, .... the cyclists climb the hill faster than me coming
down. No wonder I’m tired. I also dug out some weeds.... pendulous
sedge. I must have picked up the
seeds, on my shoes, when I was
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| Evening time. |
walking round Balcarres pond; that’s the only place I’ve seen pendulous
sedge.
It
has been slightly cooler today, but a bonnie enough, and warm, day .... after
the clouds shifted. I thought about going out in the car but was
diverted into working on the garden. I
can do some things in the garden, even with a painful knee, but need a lot of ‘breaks’
to rest it (the knee), during which times I do Soduko’s. Gardening
is a long, and slow, process. The
weeds are winning! I have to make an
appointment to with Dr Marsden re the next treatment; (hopefully) a cortisone injection into the
joint. Cortisone gives short term
relief; total replacement is the long term‘cure’.
21.30 The beach was busy this evening when I went
down to photograph the ‘Queen Elizabeth’ leaving the Firth: she is travelling overnight to
Invergordon. It’s braw down on the
beach at evening time just now .... loads o’ people to talk too. Chrissie had a dog she’s ‘dog sitting’ out
for a walk so we caught up with the local ‘news’. Then one of my neighbours appeared and we
chatted about the ‘Queen Elizabeth’.
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| Cunard cruise liner 'Queen Elizabeth' leaving the Firth. |
Talking fair cheers this ‘auld boy’ up. It’s good when the village is ‘alive’.
Tomorrow
I intend to continue with the garden;
there’s much to do, and for some reason;
a reason that I can’t understand .... I have the urge to do it. It’s a slow job but I’m enjoying it. It’s Stage 11 of the Tour tomorrow
afternoon so I watch that at regular ‘rest’ intervals.
