Breezy ....

31st October 2024 (Thursday)  08.15 .... There's a warm fresh wind, bringing a steady stream of

clouds from the WNW, but there's no mention of precipitation in the weather forecast... and, the breaks between the clouds mean we could get decent sunny spells now and again.  I might do some light work in the garden after breakfast.  

16.00     I got to thinking, when having breakfast, that I should go to Ainster Store and do the weekend shopping.   When I went out to the car a Cook Skip waggon arrived with an empty skip, to be deposited  across from The Courtyard pend.   Work must be starting soon on flat No 3 soon.   This is 'good' and 'bad' news.   The good news is that I won't have far to go to get 'action' photographs;  the bad news being  'parking' on Ferry Road.   Anyway the skip is in place: and I must admit that I am sorely tempted to dump my prunings in it.   However I won't, because there has been 'skirmishing' with people dumping rubbish in skips hired by others!

After sorting out where the skip had to go, I bumbled my way to Ainster.   It's amazing .....no matter how many times I go to The Store I never meet anyone that I know... and I worked at The Craw's Nest (in Anstruther) for 23 years!    Mind you I do like to do my shopping early, so that I can have the rest of the day 'free'.   The shop was busy, but I only had one 'hold up'.... a lady browsing the labels on jars of jam.   Unfortunately this was at the end of the aisle so I had to wait until she moved on; because I didn't want to disturb her concentration!



20.30   I made an appointment for a dental check up;  it used to be every six months but it's yearly now.   My teeth are OK, one needs to be re- filled, this time with the long lasting expensive stuff; and there's a sensitive one which is always active in the colder weather .... and has been for as long as I can  remember.  My appointment is on December 6th. 

According to the weather forecast we're to have a 'sunny intervals' morning with rain moving in after
midday.   The wind is going to be from the West in the morrrrning, then back to the East in the afternoon, bringing light rain in from the North Sea.   

Tomorrow I'm going to Leven, to have lunch with Alice and Karen in the Caledonia Hotel.   Karen's son, Lucas, works in the 'Caley'.   Maggie and I used to go there.



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