1st
June 2020 (Monday) 11.00 .... I’ve been a busy busy boy so far
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| Elie harbour at 06.15. |
today; Elie harbour at no ... not work... I’ve been out
on the bike twice: the first time to go
round the villages, down to the harbour before going for the paper and coming
home via the Estate (I was ‘up’ at 04.30 so went out at 05.15). When I first went out the sky was ‘wall to
wall’ blue.... by the time I was at the top of Ferry Road the haar had come
in. I went into the Pony Field and got a few photographs from the top of the
quarry before going to Ivy and have a much needed cuppa .... and breakfast. The haar seems to be breaking up now.
After
breakfast I went down to the harbour to get a few shots of the boats being ‘craned
in’ .... on a perfect morning with not a breath of wind. It
will be good to see the harbour with the boats at their moorings.
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| Haar around the Royal Burgh? not allowed! |
21.30 ‘Crane In’ was the most stimulating event
for me today; seeing the boats going
onto the water and the harbour coming to life made me feel that some ‘normality’
is coming back into our lives. Of course
life is never going to be the same as it was for us older folks; not until the scientists come up with a
vaccine, but watching the yachts going in certainly cheered me up; and
others too I imagine. The harbour was busy with most folks able to
obey the two metre rule.
The
Whooper swan is still hanging around the harbour area; and looking dowdy so not a well bird I’m thinking.....
it’s not just tiredness. I’m wondering
if the RSPCA or
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| 'Crane in'. |
RSPB would be able to do anything with it? ..... it is a wild
bird in trouble. I’ll see if it’s still
hanging around tomorrow.
I
have had an enjoyable and restful day.
The new plan is to go out early then spend as much as possible of the
remainder of the day around Ivy.
Earlsferry is really busy just now;
in fact I’d say it was the busiest I have seen the village inn
June. June is normally a quieter month. Tomorrow I have a Tesco delivery coming; that’s becoming an exciting event because I
slightly indulge myself by ordering four white chocolate muffins with
strawberry jam in them. That’s ‘Emergency
Rations’.
