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ninalanyon · 61-69, T

Tuesday 15th July 2025, 12:48

Bought a Central Fife Day Rider bus ticket and went to Leven. The town has a nice beach but today there's a stiff easterly breeze and it's only about 15 C with almost total cloud cover.

Having a cheese and onion toastie with a mocha in Café Hanarela near the bus station.

The mocha tastes quite good but is really just a hot chocolate with a shot of espresso mixed in. The toastie is nice and came with a hash brown, coleslaw, and salad dressed with balsamic vinegar which made a pleasant change.

The young woman, girl really, who brought my food complimented me on my dress.

22Michelle · 70-79, T

First, fid you manage to remove the stings? Second wash and clean the area. Third apply a cold compress. Fourth take some Ibuprofen, or similar pain relief, and some antihistamines. Do not scratch!
Hydrocortisone cream or Calamine lotion can help with swelling.

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

Tuesday 15th July 2025, 19:16

Back in my room having a supper of red wine and strawberries after a soak in the bath to get warmed up after the damp and windy trip to Leven and Kirkcaldy. I think living in dry eastern Norway for such a long time has made me soft! 14 C back home is T-shirt weather but here with the wind and the damp it felt ten degrees colder.

Here are pictures of and from the beach at Leven

Looking north east along the prom

I walked out to the water and looked back at the prom

I wasn't the only one enjoying the beach

And as seen in my selfies there is an artwork on the seawall. Either quite recent or painted with weather resistant paint

This is what the weather does

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

Tuesday 15th July 2025, 13:18

I arrived at the bus stop in Glenrothes about twenty minutes early so I wandered in to the Kingdom Shopping Centre. On the way I noticed a Salvation Army charity shop that I hadn't seen before because it was around a corner.

Went in and had a look around. Found a size 38 (European size, UK size 10 think) grey miniskirt that was a bit shorter than usual. I was about to sigh and leave it on rail when I realized that it looked wider than most of that nominal size. Took it to the changing room and tried it on. It fits perfectly. Sizing of clothes is idiotic. Why not just mark them with the critical dimensions?

being · 36-40, F

Lavender essential oil is very soothing and better mix it with another oil before applying straight onto the skin. 3-5 days it's going to be irritating I think and then mildly fade..

meggie · F

If you ever get a sting, ingrown hair, splinter etc...make a simple poultice of 50/50 old fashioned bar soap mixed with white sugar. Apply and cover with a plaster and it draws out any foreign object and infection.

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

Tuesday 15th July 2025, 19:53

I walked back along the prom toward the town centre and spotted a small and neatly planted park.

It looks like just a municipal park, nicely made but with no meaning beyond the ordinarily wonderful celebration of life in general

But in fact it is also a commemorative park

In the park is an analemmatic sundial. I couldn't tell them time because there was absolutely no direct sunlight, not a hint of a shadow. I haven't yet found one in sunny weather. There is one in Stratford-upon-Avon and another in Newquay.

Looking back towards the entrance

Then in the corner a more recent memorial to the Polish 1st Parachute Brigade

Let's hope there is never a need for another.

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

Tuesday 15th July 2025, 15:10

Now in rainy and rundown Kirkcaldy where I have found a little bar called Krafty. I'm having a 2/3rds pint of Tartarus Cactus Cat, a kind of sour IPA.