'Dreich' .... with an Easterly breeze....

13th February 2020 (Thursday)      08.30 .... there's a serious touch of

Wet Bank Street - Elie.

dreichness about the weather this morning;  overcast with rain coming in on a northeast breeze .... not a morning for the beach.   The weather is forecast to improve by midday and the wind back to the Northwest in the evening.   I have ‘arbour ‘ouse to look forward to in the morning and the Drop in Cafe in the afternoon with a wee bit shopping at ‘The Store’ in Anstruther in between.... a fairly busy day because I have computer stuff to do too.

13.30    Geoff and I enjoyed morning coffee in ‘arbour ‘ouse:  Myra had other things to do.... getting the car MOT’d being one of the things to do.... so ‘the boys’ were leaderless;  however we did manage to cope with morning coffee on our own.

George and \I went to ‘The Store’;   it was fairly busy and I met Edith (M’s wee sister) and caught up with all her news.    I bought  a fair amount of shopping because Iain is coming down tomorrow.... weather permitting.   It’s not a very good forecast for the weekend.... wind and rain.    ‘The \store’ prices are a bit dearer than Sainsbury’s but they have a decent enough choice.

I like this sky.

This is going to be another busy day for ‘the boy’;    Irene is doing a presentation about ‘Growing up in Earlsferry’ at the History Society meeting this evening (Kirk Hall at 19.30) so I will be going to that.    There won’t be much done on the computer today.

17.00    We had a ‘Drop in Cafe’ with a difference this afternoon;  a bit of history, and some exercise from Eleanor, Irene told us about foods that are good for you (nae mention of deep fried Mars Bar) and music from Alistair.   Susanne gave us the answers to the quiz papers that were to be found on the tables.... an interesting afternoon.   Oh and there was tea/ coffee sandwiches and goodies.   Not deep fired Mars Bars.    I went to the harbour after the ‘Cafe’ because the sky was beginning to look interesting.   It was also a lot colder than it had been earlier.

22.00     I've just had a really interesting evening.... and we had coffee/tea and biccies at half time.    Tommy (Reekie) took the first ‘session’ telling us all about the history of the Reekie family and the golf club making business started by Tom Reekie (Tommy’s granddad) in Earlsferry;   when Tommy’s Dad joined the business it became Tom Reekie and Son  eventually closing down  when John retired.    Both our boys, Michael and Iain, were taught by John and have the classical John Reekie swing;  effortless, long and accurate.

We had a cuppa and a biscuit (two in my case) then Irene gave  a presentation  (ably

A  slightly brighter sky beginning to appear.

assisted by Andrew her husband on the laptop) on the history of her family.... the ‘Obarska Family’.   That too was absolutely fascinating;  Earlsferry is an ancient village with ancient history but even our ‘modern history’ is interesting.   Myra and Kirsty were there so I wasn’t alone... and Alan who is always up for a laugh!  Unfortunately there was a glitch between the laptop and the projector and that made Tommy’s and later Andrew’s job much harder that it ought to have been.   Even the glitch was entertaining in a funny sort of way.    I loved the whole evening.

Iain has just been on the phone and we’ve decided to postpone the computer upgrade until next weekend because of the 'orrible weather forecast for this weekend.