Wet and muggy ...


23rd July 2020 (Thursday)       08.00 .... The plan is to go out on the bike in
This reminds me that I need a haircut!
the afternoon;  right now it’s  a warm, wet and misty morning;   a good morning for reading a book.   The book I’m reading just now is about India in the middle of the 19th century... the days of the ‘Raj’.... when Britain ruled  South Asia.    It’s a fascinating book.


21.00    I’ve had a busy day.    After the drizzle/rain stopped I went to the beach;  and a lot of other folks did the same.   I like to see the beach with people doing ‘beach things’ .... enjoying themselves each in their own way.    I met Billy (Donaldson) .... he was sitting on the Cockstail rocks because the seats at the Breakwater, where he would normally sit, were all occupied.

This morning.
I couldn’t go out in the afternoon because I was waiting for a delivery (shoes).   The van arrived (about 14.00 I think it was) so I got a coat of polish on them and  thought I might as well break then in.   I did think of going out on the bike but the roads were busy so I went as far as The Hutte.   I don’t know if anyone remembers but 15 months or so ago I had a problem with feeling that I was walking on balloons;  I even went to the Doctor and had my ears checked.... but we couldn’t find anything wrong.  Today, after I put on the new shoes, I had that same feeling.    The shoes I buy have little balloon things on the sole (air pockets they call them) and guess what .... not only do they make me feel  I’m walking on balloons;  I am walking on balloons!    When did I buy my last pair of new shoes?   er.... 15 months ago.   It’s exciting being ‘me’. 

I eventually got the bike out after dinner and went up to Chapel Green.    It is a lovely
Bonnie cloud over Elie.
evening and there was a lot of activity on the beach, the water and walkers going round Chapel green.   I don’t think I have ever seen the villages as busy as they are just now;  and August is usually busier. 
  
‘M’ isnae on Skype tonight;  well we can’t get connected so I won’t get any New Zealand news.    New Zealand is having the usual politician ailment just now -  scandal!   No ... I am not going to go ‘off on one’ about politicians again.... I’m feeling happy and don’t want to spoil the feeling.

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