Sunny and hot ...
8th July 2021 (Thursday) 19.30 .... at long last I have got round to updating
The Hutte; it has been a gorgeous day and I went twice on the bike.... and even did a washing. I will be a tired boy tonight.
My
first trip was the ‘paper run’, which took me up to Kinneuchar then home via
the estate, Elie harbour and finally Chapel Green.... and I forgot to go for
the paper .... it was such a bonnie morning.
At
Chapel Green I met, and chatted, a lady out walking her dog; it was a pleasant morning for chatting, and
in Lynn’s case for listening. Ye Gods I
can talk. It was when I got back home I
decided to wash the big downie cover.... this is for Michael and Janice coming
at the end of the month. It was clean
but had been on a shelf for about a year.... and it was an excellent drying
day. My next mission tonight will be
to iron said washing.
The 'Coastal Cafe'.
After
lunch I decided to bike over to the Shell Bay Coastal Cafe site; my word this must be one of the most relaxing
places to stop to coffee/tea, juice etc.... the views are fantastic. You can
see all the way round from Shell Bay to Aberlady Bay on the ‘sooth’ side. I look forward to one of those really clear
days to take a few photos.... and have a relaxing cuppa. Being in a secluded spot security demands
that it be a metal container conversion, but this has been done thoughtfully,
with the outside being painted to blend in with the surroundings. Strangely enough this suits the history of
the site as the military was stationed at Kincraig during the WWII, and I could
visualize soldiers going down to the beach, and using the ‘cafe’. It is about 100 metres up from the Coastal
Path, between Shell Bay and Kincraig Point.
Love it.
21.30 The sky has clouded over and there is the
feel of rain in the air; not here but
somewhere.... however we might catch the edge of a shower. Light winds and showers are mentioned in the
forecast for KY9 for the next few days.
I’m
thinkin’ that I should have charged up the bike battery this afternoon; I’ll have to do
16th green.
it after the paper run
tomorrow morrrrrrrrrrrning. Silly boy.
I
only watched the last three quarters of an hour of today’s Stage (12) of the
Tour; it was a flat stage, and a
breakaway was 14 minutes in front of the peloton, so the breakaway was really
the race in the end. It was won, by a
comfortable margin, by Nils Pollit (German) riding for the Bora-Hansgrobe Team.
Stage 13 is another flat stage; it could be a day for the sprinters after
they had a rest in the peloton today.
