Bees, swans and Isadora Duncan.

The bees have returned. Lots of them. Fat, loud and busy. 'The Fonts' cabin provides a great view of scores of the wee things happily buzzing away on the heather beds. This year the farmers honey output should be epic. 

Overhead , the swans are heading back north. From here it's just a hop, skip and a jump to the rich feeding ground of the Montrose Basin. The retired judge passes us on the track. He has a huge pair of ex-Navy binoculars around his neck and is on his way to see three Corn Buntings that the lady with the Westie saw on her walk yesterday.

Down on the beach a tall, slim, woman is dancing on the waters edge. She's wearing a long evening dress, standing on one foot and waving her hands in the air.  ' Bizarre' we say in tandem.

A pack of Dachshunds see her Isadora Duncan routine and hurtle over to join in. The dogs  owner has to run to separate them from the tall young woman. Pirouetting figures dancing in the water, in evening dress,  are of great interest to Dachshunds. The tall young woman seems oblivious to their enthusiastic participation in her routine. Our judgement may have been right.

We're early but the Old Course is already home to a steady stream of golfers.

The new hotels 'fancy' outside chairs have survived their first night of use. Three blue wheelie bins slightly detract from what should be one of the most iconic views in the golf world.

So starts a quiet Sunday morning in a small town on the North Sea waiting for summer to arrive.

Sunday potpourri

A Scandinavian start to the day on the car radio :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lRfuw24sPU

One of our soon to be co-passengers sends us this on the pleasures of waiting  :https://superordinarylife.substack.com/p/ive-been-waiting Makes me think our shipmates will be just fine

This was good :https://www.statecraft.pub/p/50-thoughts-on-doge

Supersonic travel returning ? :https://www.construction-physics.com/p/will-boom-successfully-build-a-supersonic

The events of the last month are already having consequences : https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-tusk-plan-train-poland-men-military-service-russia/

Stone tools were being made 1.5 million years ago :https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08652-5