Lovely morning ....

2nd March 2025 (Sunday)    08.00 .... There's a touch of early morning frost in the air, therefore

cold on the lugs, but a woollie hat takes care o' the lugs;  so it's a lovely morrrrrrrning for getting up and out!   I'm nearly vertical this morning .... my legs are less wobbly, so they must be getting used to being  back on the bike.  First thing today I'm going to Leven and Methil, but will go biking out in the middle of the afternoon;  I might tackle 'The Villages' run if the streets are reasonably quiet. ... and if I'm feeling frolicsome at the time   Which I am at the moment.   Had it not been frosty I'd have gone biking now.

20.00    It has been a bonnie day, but with a cold breeze;  and the sky began to cloud over over after lunch, and we ended up with mostly cloudy (and grey) sky with a cold wind.   By the time I got back from Methil, put the messages away and had a cuppa it was too cold for me to go out on the bike.   I made another cuppa and switched on the tele to catch up with the News; and promptly I fell asleep.   

As ever I enjoyed my time with Alice, including going to Sainsbury's to do some shopping.   Walking the aisles was my exercise for today!   Anyway, shopping done we went back to the 'Alice HQ' and had lunch.... a homemade Bacon and Egg pie.  That was scrumptious.   As was the trifle that followed the pie!  We had a cup o' coffee before I made my way back to Ivy.

I eventually caught up with the News.... which is mostly about the meeting of European leader bringing a lasting peace peace to Ukraine.  They have lot of work to do before that happens;  including getting the USA onboard.   There was a lot of support for President Zelensky;  making him feel 'loved' after the mess of the Oval Office meeting.   
President Zelensky meeting HM The King looked like a Whitehall 'oops', sudden afterthought,  moment;  like they had forgotten President Zelensky when organising President Trumps State visit.  Whether this will eventually lead to a 'lasting peace' in Ukraine remains to be seen.  This is a very important time for Ukraine and Europe.  I just hope that commonsense prevails!

22.15   The weather has been disappointing today;  especially in the afternoon when it turned cold.   I couldn't go out on the bike;  however I hope to go round the villages tomorrow.

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