Bright and very breezy ....
8th February 2020 (Saturday) 08.30 .... As per weather forecast we
have a ‘bright and breezy’ start to the day, and it is forecast to get breezier in the afternoon when the wind strength expected to reach Gale 9; not a morning for this boy going biking.
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| Elie Bay at 10.00. |
13.00 It is a bit windy today but a bonnie day in spite of that: you have to be cosily wrapped up for the harbour, and beach, of course. The harbour car park was busy this morning, with a lot of folk at the seminar in the Sailing Clubhouse; it’s good to know that we have good number of people prepared to give their time and work hard for our wee villages. I didn’t linger at the harbour ... ‘arbour ‘ouse was open!
15.00 Lexie has just phoned to let me know that Alex Mackie has died. Alex had been unwell for a while, I remember that he wasn’t able to attend his cousin Jimmy ‘s (Mackie) funeral. Alex was a ‘Ferry Boy’.... as was Jimmy! Alex and I were at the Waid at the same time though not in the same class; he was six months older than me.
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| Lathallan Mill - Balcarres Estate. |
I have been watching Ireland v Wales Six Nations rugby .... it’s half time (Ireland leading 12 – 7) so I can make myself a cuppa. We have Scotland v England (Calcutta Cup) later: they kick off at 16.45 I think it is. Orf to make that cuppa.
19.00 It’s been a wild day and it sounds like it’s going to be a wild night. I had a short walk in
between the rugby matches by which time the sky had clouded over and it was beginning to threaten rain. I’m watching Scotland v England but I’d say that the wind is winning this game; it’s 3 – 3 just now with 19 minutes left to play.
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| Earlsferry. |
The forecast is for it to be windy again tomorrow.... in fact windy all the way through until Wednesday. I’ll probably visit Jim tomorrow .... I don’t think it’s going to be a day for ‘going out to play’. I do not like the wind.
