23rd
August 2019 (Friday) 07.00 .... the rain has moved away and we
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| Balcarres crag tower .... a mandatory photograph for me. |
have a bright and breezy morning.... and not cold considering the briskness of
the breeze; a nice start to the Bank
Holiday weekend. It isn’t holiday weekend
in Scotland; we had our August Bank ‘oliday
on the first Monday (the 5th). Sod
that .... I’m having a Bank ‘oliday this weekend too. It’s a ‘play weekend’ .... bring on the
sunny intervals .... long ones: one 12
hour long one would be good. Orf to
have another cuppa.
20.30 We did have along sunny spell, near enough
the whole day .... and it was warm, even with the brisk breeze. I went up to Balcarres and pottered around
some of the old corners, eventually joining the main road at Balniel Farm from
where I scampered all the way down to Robin Gray’s Cottage. I do downhill fast. From Robin Gray’s I went to Kinneuchar then
home via Elie Estate to avoid some of the traffic. On my way along South Street I met
Shona: she went to the Barnett’s the
Baker’s and bought a couple of pieces of Millionaire’s Shortbread, I went to
Ivy and
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| Sheltering from the midday sun. |
put the kettle on. We enjoyed a
cuppa, the millionaire’s shortbread and a catch up chat in the Hutte. By the time we’d done all that it was late
afternoon; Shona had abandoned her bike
at the Breakwater so she bumbled off to pick it up and head back home to
Kinneuchar. I fell asleep.
The
sky has clouded over since, but rain isn’t mentioned in the forecast. My legs tired after my run up to Balcarres; but it was enjoyable. I biked right up to the high point where the
road goes down to Lathallan. I say ‘biked’
but of course I did use the battery for the hard bits; getting to the top of Balcarres is effortless
now. Where will I go tomorrow.... the bike
is fully charged again. I used half the battery capacity for today’s
run (18.83 kilometres or 11.7 miles): the
total capacity is 20 miles or thereabout.... further if you
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| Sprattyhall Farm. |
don’t have to use
the battery often. This is good: nearly all my girl friends are within that
range; and for those that are beyond
that range the bike folds and goes into the car. All is good.... apart from me being tired
now. It will be an early night in bed
with the book methinks. It’s a queer
book about chocolate and a tuning fork.
I cannae pit it doon! It’s the
way it’s written.... and I’m kinda fond o’ chocolate.
The
weather forecast for ‘ra morra’ is good.... it might even be warmer.
