Windy ....

25th January 2026 (Sunday)    267th anniversary of Robert Burns birth (1759).

09.30    We have a windy but dry start to the day.... and the roads are dry.    "Light rain with a moderate

Peeling neeps for Burns Super in Uckfield.
wind (E)" is forecast.... with a chance of sunny spells.   The barometer has moved away from pointing at 'Rain':  he first decent move for a couple of weeks.  I expect we'll have showers in between the sunny spells.   That said we have yet to actually have a sunny spell!

20.00    The weather has been disappointing;  nae 'sunny spells'.   Tomorrow's weather is going to be much the same.   There's a chance of 'sunny spells' but I'm not going to get the dun cream out!

I enjoyed visiting, and chatting to  Alice;  and we went to Sainsbury's to do a wee bit o' shopping.   That was probably when the weather was at it's best....'almost a sunny spell'.

Alice had a Steak Pie organised for lunch;  with all the trimmings and that went down a treat.    This was a proper Steak Pie, not one of the individual ones that I buy now and again.

I'm surprised at President Trump refusing to actually apologise, for what he said about the  UK and NATO troops  in Afghanistan.   I thought  he would be 'man' enough to admit  that what he said was wrong.   A couple of Americans (on the television) said that he 'isn't like that:  i.e. he doesn't apologise!    That's sad.

My afternoon has been quiet.   I got back to Ivy (from Methil) about 14.00 and got the messages in before the rain came.   As expected, I fell asleep after making a cuppa and switching the television 'on'.   When I woke up I ended up watching the film 'Escape from Sobibor '.

I have a letter to post, so will have to go up to Elie to catch the PO van tomorrow;  I think that's at 11.30.   If the weather is not too bad I might have a short walk round the kirkyard to take a few photies.   The weather forecast for this week is 'mixed'.

I'm thinkin' it's time I had a cuppa.... and one of the goodies that fell into the shopping
trolley today today.

22.30   'Burns Night', on BBC Scotland tonight was excellent!  There was a  good selection of his songs by different artistes backed by the Scottish Symphony Orchestra, bairns reciting 'To a Mouse', Grant Stott doing the 'Immortal Memory', and Kirsty Wark the 'Address to the Haggis'.   This reminded me of my Granddaughter Emily doing The Address to the Haggis, at one of the Sussex Burn's Suppers Michael (son) does down in sunny Sussex.  Yes;  'Burns Night  was an enjoyable hour.   
Grant mentioned the Burns Federation Certificate:  I got it.... a long time ago!   I'm a happy boy tonight.

Today's photographs :  Top - peeling neeps for the Cinque Posts Club Burns Supper.  Middle - Looks like a trial run 'Burn's Supper at Janice and Michael's?
Bottom - Bonnie waitress;  with 'me' togged up for the Uckfield Burns Supper.   I could dance in those not so far off days!




Popular posts from this blog

Quiet morning ....

Image
7th May 2025 (Wednesday)    08.15 .... "Sunny intervals with a light breeze" is today's weather forecast for.... KY9, Ellon, Uckfield (Sussex) and London:  it's going to be a bonnie day all over the UK.  The breeze is from the Easterly direction so the East coast will be cooler; but it will be warm sheltered from the breeze.   It's a nice, peaceful kind of morning at Elie and Earlsferry:  the sky is a mix of fluffy clouds and blue bits, and the temperature is 11.6C just now.   3.3C was the minimum overnight.  20.30     I'd been reading about the cyber attack on M & S, Harrods and the Co-op... so, feeling inquisitive, for my morning 'mission' I decided to go to The Store (Ainster) and see how the 'attack' was affecting our local 'Store'.   The first thing I noticed was the car park wasn't as busy as normal and all the Disabled spaces were empty.  Inside the store,  the empty vegetable and fruit...
Read more

Overcast ....

Image
3rd October 2025 (Friday)     10.30 .... It's a quiet morning; after a lot of overnight rain this is the calm before the storm.... 'Storm Amy', that is going to bring strong winds and heavy rain, this afternoon and Saturday.  It could be a good drying morning!   Anyway all is still at the moment.   I'm going to see if I can rescue a few of the apples that are still attached to the tree.    Actually I think I'll have morning coffee first. 04 12.30    We had a power cut  (45 minutes) last night ,so I unplugged the computer.    We got the torches and candles out, chatted for a while then went to bed.
Read more

Windy and wet .....

Image
4th August 2025 (Monday)    08.45 ....  It's breezy with light rain just now;  but the rain is going to move away and the wind freshen to 'gale', with sunny intervals and squally showers, by midday.   There could interesting clouds, and stormy seas.    I won't be going out on the bike!    High tide is at 11.20;  there will be an abundance of fresh air on the beach today.  11.00  The wind is freshening, from the SW, as can be seen in the photo of the 'Glenfuir' flags (Swiss, USA and Jersey).    Sunny intervals are starting to come over, so it's a bonnie enough day now, albeit breezy:  F5 - 6 with stronger gusts now and again. 19.30  It has certainly been a wild old day, but the wind is moderating, and tomorrow will be much quieter.   It was F8 - 9 at times out on the bay.   Which is why HMS Iron Duke (Type 23 frigate) is sheltering off Elie and Earlsferry.      HMS Iro...
Read more