Windy (F5-6)....

29th January 2023 (Sunday)  08.30.... It’s windy (F5-6) and overcast this


morning;  the weather forecast is ‘strong winds and squally showers’.... not a day for me going out.   I’m feeling friskier today after the past couple of late nights star gazing.   Although the Pole Star was just visible last night, I couldn’t see the comet... there was a layer of thin high cloud.   That was at 21.30.

19.30   It has been a breezy old day;  a good day to do some shopping.   As planned I went to Leven to the shops then up to Alice’s (Methil) to have  morning coffee.   The journey to Leven is easy ... from Leven to Methil can be awkward due to the ongoing work on the Bawbee Brig.   However I think I have it sussed at long last travelling via Lower Methil you can miss the Iron Brig.   I learnt to drive in Methil ... er in 1957.  The roads haven’t changed that much since then but much of the infrastructure has.

After our ‘morning coffee’ .... I did a bit o’ tapestry!... before we went down to B n Q’s and B & M’.    B & M is expanding into the former Argos site:  when that is done it will be a huge shop .... about the same size as the Glenrothes  B & M.   We then had lunch at Alice’s and I was back home by 14.00.

 


I mentioned McVitie’s Digestive biscuits yesterday;  this afternoon I found a programme (Made in Britain) showing biscuits being made by the million in the McVities factory in Carlisle.  There’s nae shortage of digestives ... nor Custard Creams! ... and I didn’t fall asleep in front of the  TV.   I think I’ll celebrate, being able to watch a programme from start to finish without sleeping, by have a cuppa and a couple of Custard Creams.




22.00    The wind seems to be moderating (I’ve been out to see if the Pole Star is visible;  it is intermittently).   The forecast for tomorrow is encouraging ....‘sunny intervals and a fresh breeze, so I might go out on the bike.   The most important mission tomorrow is remembering to hand in my prescription!

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