Overcast and wet .....

22nd December 2025 (Monday)     09.30 .... It was really dark at 08.00  morning;  and I soon

found out why!   We have wet start to Monday, with light rain drifting  in from the North Sea on a light Easterly breeze;  'dreich' is the best description of the weather just now.    The rain  is forecast to stop, to leave us with an overcast but damp day.   'Sunny spells'  aren't mentioned, but I fancy a few in the afternoon.    I won't be going far today!    Maybe a turn 'round the villages' in the car.... after an 'early morning coffee'.   

16.00    I had a turn round the villages;  and up to Colinsburgh to top up the car.  I'd planned on going to Balcarres for a wee change, but discovered (at Colinsburgh) that the camera didn't have a card in it.   The only photographs taken today were from Ivy of the dull weather;  so  I'm going to find  sunny ones to brighten up the 'blog'.

The weather has been gloomy and damp all say;  I'd have had to go 3000 feet vertically to see the sun.   And I pranged my knee.   When you stumble you automatically run forward to stop falling;   I did that bit and didn't fall, so that was good:   However the auld knee objected.   It will be fine in a couple o' days.  

22.30    I've been resting my knee,  which is frustrating because I have things I want to do.   However, I'm going up to Iain's on Wednesday, for a few days at  Christmas, so it should be fine by the time  I'm back in Ivy.


Both photographs were taken 10 years ago on a bike run to Balcarres.   Top photo ; Arncroach.    Bottom photo; Balcarres Den.

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