21st
August 2019 (Wednesday) 06.30 ..... it is a lovely
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| This morning. |
morning, mostly cloudy with occasional
sunny spells, and it shouldn't be cold because there’s only a light breeze. Off to get the bike.
09.30 It’s lovely ‘out’ but chilly on the
hands; there’s a touch of Autumn in the
air: that said, once the sun gets going
it should be warmer. I did the ‘Grand
Tour’ this morning and met Stewart (at the harbour), then the lovely Primrose
going down to the harbour, and saw Jock cleaning the brasses. It was all go in the villages this
morning. Actually the villages are
quiet for this time in August.
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| Kinneuchar loch. |
The
loch was looking like a mirror....alas, the sun was hidden by clouds when I was
there. ‘The Beast’ has chomped up a few
more of the rhododendrons that were encroaching onto the road. Stewart was telling me that all it does (‘The
Beast’) is convert the whole rhododendron bush to small bits of ....wellll ....
rhododendron bush and leave it on the ground as mulch. I’d best have breakfast now before bumbling
along to Elie (in the car as the bike is being charged) for ‘morning coffee in Harbour
House.
19.38
(my word - that was a good year).... I’ve been to Leven to visit ‘Jimbo’ and to do a wee
shopping when I was there. The original
‘plan’ was to get my haircut but I forgot about that and went to the ‘Leslie Bike Shop’ (Glenrothes) to get a
pump for the
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| Kinneuchar loch. |
bike. I’ll see about
getting my haircut next week.
Jim
was in a sort of ‘distant’ mood, in fact he was hard to find this morning; he was in his bedroom... ‘counting’ his
money. Not so much counting it as being
puzzled by it. I eventually got him
along to the lounge but a carer came in and he followed her to I know not
where. I never saw him again... he hadn’t
gone back to his room or any of the other lounges so I assumed he’d gone to the
toilet. I waited a while and left after
about 40 minutes. This was not a very
successful visit; but every visit is
different. I’m going to print off some
of the kirk photographs we took; I’ll
start with Elie and Kinneuchar.... I have loads of those, to see how Jim reacts
to seeing photos of the Elie and Kinneuchar kirk windows etc. It’s a’plan’.
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| Elie harbour. |
I
got a pump that for the bike that fits into the bag; and a new gel seat. The pump I can manage to put into the
bag; fitting the seat might be
harder. I bought fruit and vital
necessities in Sainsbury’s, then bumbled back home. I didn’t get out in the afternoon.... I didn’t
get home until 14.00 so it was a short afternoon .... and falling asleep in the
Hutte made it shorter.
We’ve
had a short rainy spell and it also feels cooler so I won’t be going out this
evening. The weather forecast is for
it to get warmer... hot even .... by the weekend.
