18th
September 2018 (Tuesday)
.... 09.00 Although it’s overcast with
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| Elie Harbour this morning. |
light rain just now, we are to have sunny spells in the afternoon: in fact there is a blue hole in the grey
already. It’s quite pleasant out, warm
(and damp right enough) with hardly any
wind. That is all going to change by
tomorrow.
19.30 The weather did change , and we ended up
with a lovely, albeit windy, afternoon and evening. I went to the harbour after ‘morning coffee’
in Harbour House; at that time it was
overcast but dry, so, when it brightened up in the afternoon I went up to
Chapel Green and had a walk around; even
though there was a brisk wind the air was not cold. Quite a few people commented on this. The villages are busy with holiday makers,
and I had plenty of folk to talk to up at Chapel Green.
In
the time between my visits to Elie harbour and Chapel Green Earlsferry, I had
lunch, then decided to go shopping in Leven.
It was an impulsive kind of decision;
I
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| The Beacon, Earlsferry in the afternoon. |
was feeling melancholy because at that time the sky was overcast, and
I needed something to get me out of the doldrums. By the time I’d driven as far as Lundin Links I was in bright sunshine.
I
enjoyed leisurely stroll round Sainsbury’s,
ending up with a varied selection of food ..... and goodies; and then got back home to find the ‘Royal Burgh’ bathed
in warm sunshine. After a quick cuppa
I took the car up to Chapel Green Road, and had my walk. At that time the wind was F4 but it is due
to increase to F7 – 8 by morning, and be accompanied by rain. Our weather on Wednesday is not going to be pleasant.
22.00 ‘Saving Lives at Sea’ was an interesting
watch on BBC 2 just now; especially as
our local Lifeboat (Anstruther) was on a
‘shout’ to rescue a lady that had been injured when her foot slipped when doing
‘The Chainwalk’. The inshore lifeboat
was able to go in to Chain 4 inlet ... and help the lady (Alison) until the
helicopter from Prestwick arrived to take her to Victoria hospital (Kirkcaldy). This is a good inlet for diving off the
rocks
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| Entrance to the Dome (Doom) Park - Earlsferry. |
when the ride is in; but
definitely not easy to get an inshore lifeboat in because there’s a big rock in
the middle of the inlet mouth. Jimmy
and I ‘played’ about there with the ‘Trusty’.
The ‘Trusty’ is the one I rowed out to the Beacon; she also had an outboard motor, but that was not
in use the evening I did the
Beacon. Aye ... those were the days.
