2nd
November 2018 (Friday)
.... 08.00 we have a cracker of a
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| Elie Bay. |
morning at the Centre
of the Universe: there’s a light frost,
but that won’t last long once the sun gets going. It looks like being a bonnie day for doing
things.... like work around Ivy. Then
again it’s also a bonnie day for doing other things.... like not working around
Ivy. What should I do? I’ll have breakfast and contemplate the
complicated situation that I am faced with.... and the decision I have to make.
16.00 When it comes to contemplating, .... and
making decisions, I’m a real bundle of energy;
I decided that this was going to be a ‘going out to play’ day. After morning coffee (at Harbour House),
and with it being such a beautiful morning, I ‘jamp’ in the car and went to Crail Harbour
to have a quiet daunder out on the south pier.
I couldn’t go out on that pier because workmen were busy removing scaffolding; scaffolding that has been in place while they
did stuff on the outside of the pier wall.
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| Crail creels. |
That didn’t stop me enjoying a potter around the harbour. Usually I’m at Crail in the afternoon, so
late morning was ‘different’ for me. One
of the local creel boats came in to unload its catch, and there were a few
visitors strolling around on what was a gorgeous morning. I came home via the ‘back roads’.
I
don’t remember what I had for lunch, but I do remember being hungry and having
something: oh aye .... salmon
sandwiches. After that I looked at,
and printed off, Jim’s “Coal Mining in
Earlsferry and Elie”. Our local ‘industrial’
past makes interesting reading.... and Jim’s background, and knowledge of the mining
industry, brings our contribution to the
coal ‘industry’ to life. By the time I had done this, the sky has gone
all overcast, and there’s an ominous rawness in the
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| Crail. |
air. And .... I’m hungry again!
19.00 I’ve just been out to check the car, and,
although not raining yet, it feels like it isn’t far away. Saturday is forecast to be ‘wet and windy’; a good day for working around Ivy; I’m glad that today was a ‘play’ day. With the forecast being iffy I will, probably, work on ‘computer stuff’. I fact I might start my day with a ‘sleep in’. Oh the sautie water got rid of the sore throat.
