It reached 27 degrees at the end of last week. For Scotland that's unusual. This morning there's a layer of thin cloud which makes our walk along the beach 'refreshing'. We meet the regular dog walkers . It's taken 10 months but we've moved beyond the 'Good Morning' stage to the 'Isn't this weather wonderful ' level of greeting .
Outside the cottage on the coast a port-a-loo and a skip share the courtyard with piles of plasterboard and new drainage pipes. Out of sight in the farmers field beyond the fence are sixty sacks of cement. The builders will be working all this coming week and then stopping for a two week holiday. While they're away the decorators will come in and the electricians will run a power line to the site of the planned garden room . It is possible that everything will be done and in place by mid-July bar the worktops which for inexplicable reasons can't be fitted until early August. This would be a full three weeks earlier than scheduled. After three weeks of being incommunicado the joiner has reappeared and is promising to install the additional bookcases in the house in town. 'I'll be there on Tuesday' he says cheerily.
The offerings at the cinema targeted at teens and pre-teens.
On our way home we pass a group of harried looking Buddhist monks.
Two of the monks colleagues are unloading a 'yurt' from the top of an old white VW van.
Buddhist monks unloading a yurt from the top of a van are not something that's seen every day in Scottish coastal towns. Half a dozen dog walkers stop and observe proceedings. Angus joins them. In a small town you can't be choosy - you take your entertainment where and when it's offered.
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Early completion of building works must be an even rarer occurrence than 27°C temperatures on the east coast of Scotland. But harried Buddhist monks? Surely they should be more Zen?
After all, monks are only human.
I wonder if the Buddhist monks are touring Europe with their yurt?
Watching the monks unload and set up, could be a very soothing meditation. Good news on the remodel.
I am waiting patiently for pictures of all the remodeling of your home. That will be delightful.
Exciting remodeling news!
Berthillon is worth the wait in line, astoundingly good sorbets and glaces. And who but the best ice cream store in Paris (and France) would close during the month of August.
"Thank you for the ice creams," she says with a wistful sigh.
If unloading a yurt can make a Buddhist monkey harried I'm never going to try it.
We used to enjoy a particularly good ice cream parlour in Melrose.
But give me vanilla. Nothing fancy! Although I did push the boat out and opted for a very fine salted caramel in Quiberon once.
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