The Greek ship and work on the golf course.

Overnight a small Greek registered cargo ship has been sheltering in the bay. As we head off on our morning walk it's heading at full speed back out to sea. You don't usually see ships moving so quickly in these rocky inshore waters. Perhaps the crew have overslept ?

Town remains gloriously quiet. Finding a parking space remains easy. Today, after a week of rain, it is sunny. What a difference it makes when you can see blue sky.

One of the ceramic shaggy dogs remains unsold in the art gallery window.

This is a sign that shouts out to visitors  ' You're in St.Andrews '. 

The Links Committee are doing work on the sacred turf. New bunkers are being built.

Closer examination shows them to have walls made of thickly packed layers of turf. This is the way the Antonine Wall was built. The better part of 2,000 years on and the same skills are being used. There is something quietly beautiful about them. They also look treacherously difficult far any player who makes the mistake of landing in one.

Puffins. I'll wager this will be the most viewed link ever :https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2026/01/11/readers-wildlife-photos-2522/

Useful :https://hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.com/p/how-to-tell-if-something-is-ai-written

What will they think of next ?:https://connectsci.au/news/news-parent/7627/These-pills-can-communicate-from-inside-the?searchresult=1

Warming oceans :https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/the-oceans-just-keep-getting-hotter/