Elie 'Sands of time' exhibition .....
4th
August 2019 (Saturday)
.... 08.00 Wellll .... as per weather
forecast, the sky is overcast, there’s frisky breeze, and it’s cooler. We should have ‘sunny
spells’ later. It’s a nice enough morning, but a bit more
gloomy looking than we’ve had of late. In actual fact I haven’t been further than
the front gate; it’s that kind of morning! The knee is playing up badly today .... I
think the weather does affect arthritic knees etc. Hey .... must go ... slight ‘flap on’, .... just remembered I haven’t had breakfast.
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| 'Sands of Time' exhibition .... Elie Kirk Hall. |
17.30 Eureka....
I have found the answer to my arthritic knee! There’s a city called Phoenix, where the
humidity is very low; it is surrounded by a beach (must be on an
island); and is a good place for folk
with arthritis to live. What? .... The
beach is a desert.... as in sandy place without water? Hmmmm ... not quite what I had in
mind. Oh welll .... that cancels the ‘eureka’
moment! That said .... the residents of Phoenix must be a pain free,
happy bunch.
My
word .... the visitors have certainly livened up the villages! We had the Elie Triathlon this morning....
now I’ve just seen about a hundred kids, running down Ferry Road, taking part in some kind of race. It’s all go in Elie and ‘The Royal Burgh’ just now. Having taken part in all this
activity, as an ‘innocent bystander’, I feel a touch
of tiredness coming on.
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| Christian Aid book stall. |
19.30 This has been a busy day. I biked up to Elie for the paper; and ‘bumped into’ a crowd at the Breakwater
who were there for the start of the triathlon. This excitement had me mooring up the bike
and taking a few photographs, before I continued
on my merry way. I then came across
the Christian Book Stall; but didn’t buy
any books, as I still have the three I bought a couple of weeks ago. By this time I was well ready for morning
coffee with Jim and Geoff; Myra was on a
mission elsewhere. After the coffee I
caught up with the cycling part of the triathlon , then went to the Kirk Hall
to browse the exhibition. This
exhibition has been well ‘put together’,
(as all the History Society exhibitions are) and is well worth
visiting; and there is coffee/tea and
biccies. Entry is free, but you can
make a donation.
Back
at Ivy I sorted out today’s batch of photographs, had a migraine, took a couple
of
pills, fell asleep (for about 45 minutes), in the Hutte.... and felt
reasonably playful when I woke up... considering I had a migraine. The hundred or so ‘young people’ then began
to patter their way down Ferry Road (there were marshals all over the place),
bringing today’s activities, and an exhilarating day, to a close. I think.
I’m assuming there isn’t anything ‘on’ in the evening.
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| The Breakwater, Elie - the Triathlon start (and finish) point. |
Tomorrow
I shall hibernate in Ivy garden
Actually I’ll begin the morning earlier than I did this morning; having slept ‘in’. It is forecast to be lightly overcast and
dry tomorrow; it should be a good day
for pottering around the garden.
