Sunny ....

3rd March 2026 (Tuesday)     09.45 .... It's a beautiful morrrrning , sunny with a light SW breeze; 

a bonnie drying day... although I could do with a bit more of a breeze, for the three jerseys I have on the line.   I have been a busy boy this morning;  not only have I done the washing, 'The Buggy' battery is being charged.   I think I deserve an early 'morning coffee'!... and catch up with the 'News'.

19.30    It has been a gorgeous sunny day here, and the village has been busy., with holiday makers.    This was once a quiet time of year, now  our villages are busy all year round.   I didn't get out to meet any of the visitors;  I've been busy around Ivy.   

The woollen wash dried fine and the jerseys are now airing in front of a radiator.   'The Buggy' battery is fully charged, and ready for a sortie up to Elie sometime soon.   Depends on the weather.

I 'Googled' Episkopi Golf course and was absolutely amazed at the course that  they now have.    I took my photograph of the area that would be eventually become the Joint Services Golf Course, just after the Engineers had cleared  the scrub off, what would become the fairways for six holes.  Before I left Cyprus (April 1960) I remember seeing one  of the greens,  it was just plain earth though probably had been seeded.   


I wish I had done this 10 years ago:  I'd have gone out to Cyprus for a holiday and played the course.   I can dream.    Funnily enough someone had hit a few golf balls, because we'd found a couple  in  scrub on our way go the beach.   This was the main beach which we accessed by a path down the side of the cliff.   GHQ MELF was behind the Officers accommodation at the top of the cliff.

22.45    Tomorrow is going to be a rest day:  I might go out on The Buggy in the afternoon but only if the weather is  sunny and warm.    I seem to have been on my feet all day, hence the 'rest day'.   

I had a short walk to Ferry Corner to take today's archive photies;  as you can see it has been a sunny
day here.   Tomorrow's forecast is good;  "sunny intervals with a gentle SSE breeze".... so a slight change of wind direction.    

Today's photos:  Top - Ferry Road, Middle - No 1 Beach, with the dunes and scrub land behind that would become the Joint Services Golf Course;  and Bottom - The Ferry High Street.

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