The dishwasher in the new 'smart' kitchen requires a PhD in electrical engineering to get it started. In the good old days you opened a dishwasher, loaded it up, decided what cycle you wanted and then pressed a button. Now you have to consult an ap which provides a long list of eco friendly options regulating time and temperature.
Having finally got the dishwashers approval to start a 45 minute low temperature cycle we head off on our start of day walk. It's still dark. Barely four weeks to the winter solstice and the shortest day. The sun only now starting to poke its head over the horizon. The street lights along the harbour quayside are still burning away. As we're turning back towards home a man in a 10 year old Range Rover comes hurtling through the sea gate at a speed that requires him to turn the wheel and brake sharply to avoid the waters edge. For a moment we wonder if he'll go sailing into the harbour. He won't try that again. The handling of old Range Rovers is not conducive to high speed right angled turns.
In town the baker tries to tempt passers by to purchase a variety of brown pastries. This is not France.
A tray of particularly unexciting buns has pride of place in the centre of the display. We assume these are made fresh every morning as there's always an identical tray in the window. They seem to be cream filled and caramel iced . Even for Angus it's too early to be tempted by a sugar rush like this.
Tonight is the night of the towns annual St Andrews day celebrations. There will be a firework display and a torch light procession from the auld kirk down to the sea. Pipers will be out in force. This morning the under fourteen pipe class are practising 'Scotland the Brave' in the church hall . They play the pipes with unbridled enthusiasm .
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Ha! You say. “Unbridled enthusiasm” but nothing about their skill I notice! You are so far north your winter gloom must be noticeable longer than the south of France’s ? That would be difficult to adjust to.
Virginia - Darkness by four in the afternoon is a shock after France but is the perfect excuse to keep busy and go into town for a concert or lecture. Napoleon is on at the cinema and is our plan for tomorrow. Of course in the summer it barely gets dark.
Most uninspiring display in the baker's window, though the gingerbread men look quite cheerful.
We can always find something in the baker's window. I was listening to someone talk about an older range rover recently, a power window was not working. He said, it is older and English, so it is a wiring failure, if it were German it would be a switch, if it were a Volvo it would be the electric motor, but it is English, and on English made cars it is always the wiring.
Travel - With English cars it is always the wiring - even when they're new. With the Volvo it's always something that keeps it in the shop for ten weeks and is hyper expensive to fix.
Oh my...I'm in the market for a new dishwasher. Hope there are some "old school" pick your cycle and push the start button dishwashers out there.
How sad the baker's display is, perhaps he/she should go to France to the baker you frequented, and take a few lessons. An individual Dundee cake at 4:55 GBP - and it's hardly a mouthful!
I shall be interested to read your comments on "Napoleon".
Diaday, there are - I was just looking at dumb appliances the other day. No phone app, yet they still appear to do their jobs! Amazing!
Angus, I hope your review Napoleon tomorrow.
Well, you are correct, "Brown" is a consistent theme throughout the baker's offerings.......
Yes, I'm looking forward to an Angus review of Napoleon! I've read that the French critics have very different ideas about the movie than its English filmmaker!
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