28th 27th October 2019 (Sunday) 06.30 ....
I’ve been ‘up’ since 05.10
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| Seven minutes past seven! |
owing to the fact that I forgot to change the
clocks last night; It was when I noticed that the computer clock
had changed that I realised I was still on Ivy Cottage time. Oh well you will catch me up when I change
the clocks sometime today. It would
be cauld stood staunin’ oot side ‘arbour ‘ouse for an hour, so I suppose being
at the correct time has its uses. For
me time is either daylight or dark.
We
have a breezy and cold morning; it looks
like we’re going to have another bonnie day, though we’ll have to wrap up
again. I might as well go to the beach
before having breakfast ... then I’ll come up with an action plan for today.
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| McCormick with an old plough rig attached. |
08.00 The beach was quiet; Carol and I had the whole beach to ourselves
as far as I could see.... but it is a nice morning for a walk with plenty of
fresh air for everybody. It’s a big tide
just now; 5.9 metres today, 6.1 on
Tuesday. There will be a lot of sand
visible at low tide on Tuesday just after 09.00. I’m going to have a coffee before I change
the clocks.
15.00 Not only did I forget to change the clocks
I was working with the wrong date: all
has been sorted and I am now at the right date .... and time. So what have I done today so far. Well I took the car along to Bowhouse in
the morning, where the Scottish Ploughing Championships are taking place, (this
weekend), but when I got there I realised that it would involve a lot of walking
around four fields so I came back to Ivy then went along on the bike. That way I was able to bumble around the
fields on the bike and take a few photos. It was the horses that I
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| Belgian competitor (Ford tractor). |
really wanted to see
but they had been ploughing yesterday.... so I missed them. However the old tractors provided plenty photo
opportunity, so I came off the fields a tired, sore and happy boy: then had a Prime Scottish Beef burger and a mug
of coffee for lunch to give me the energy to bike home.
Lynn,
a lady from California is visiting St Andrews just now and I am showing her
round our wee villages tomorrow: I had
better get to bed early tonight.... and get up at the right time in the
morning! I must remember to show Lynn
round Elie as well as the ‘Royal Burgh’.
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| Sunset time. |
19.00 Well that’s Ivy Cottage back on to GMT the
same as everyone else. Now all I have to
do is get into the GMT groove. The ‘plan’
for tomorrow is to let Lynn see round the villages and a bite to eat. Note to me... remember to brush my hair!
I
went to the beach at sunset time .... my word, the beach was busy. It was a nice evening to be out and the wind
had quietened down a bit so it didn’t feel as cold.... and it was a bonnie
sunset.
