Cruise ship? .... ....
3rd September 2020 (Thursday) 06.30 .... The forecast is ‘good’ (Sunny
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| Cruise ship 'Rotterdam'. |
spells) for our area later today, but just now the sky is overcast and we have light ‘Scotch Mist; I’ll go for the paper in mid morning, by then the sun should have broken through.
09.00 We have a bonnie morning now and I have
been to the beach for a short daunder;
it’s a nice morning for the beach
and it was fairly busy. I was
surprised to see a cruise ship (the ‘Rotterdam’) coming into the Firth making for
Rosyth. It is in the process of
changing ownership having been sold to Fred Olsen, by Holland/America, and is
going to be renamed ‘Borealis’.
16.30 It has been a bonnie afternoon albeit breezy (F4-5). I went up to Chapel Green and along to the Toft on the bike, and found the wind stronger than I anticipated ....which is why I didn’t go to the harbour: that, and the fact that the road past ‘The Ship’ would be too busy.
Stage 6 of ‘le Tour was much more exciting.... then again every stage will be more exciting than yesterday’s was. It was won by one of 8 combatants who broke away from the peloton early.
I
was toying with going out on the bike again but the has freshened if anything,
so that idea has been shelved. I’ll
have a walk to the beach in the evening.
21.00 The news that COVID-19 is on the increase is
worrisome (for my age group), but not surprising. So far we, in Elie and Earlsferry (and the
East Neuk in general) have been living in our own ‘bubble’; long may that continue. I can’t help but think that this winter is
going to be a long one.
I see on ‘Marine Traffic’ that ‘Rotterdam’ is anchored off Kirkcaldy; her eventual
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| The Toft - Elie. |
destination is Rosyth. I should be able to get a photo of her from Chapel Green; I suppose could go to Dysart but I’ll leave that until after the weekend (is she is still off Kirkcaldy then) when the Fife toilets will have opened.
