Boxing Day Walk

 Too windy for the bike, and just ok to go in the car...we went to Alloway and parked near the mouth of the Doon river, where the gulls were sheltering from the wind.

 Over the river is the fisherman's bothy.  The swan family was sheltering as well!

 
 Over the Millenium Bridge at the southern end of the Lang Scots Mile

 Here came a few hundred runners racing along the promenade...the annual 10k Turkey Trot

 There is plenty of sand...not all where you want it...say a few words and feel it between your teeth,the wind was more than a breeze!

 ...and sand where it should be!

 Air in Ayr..and a stop for coffee and stroopwaffel...

 and a hope as we cut across the old racecourse that we'd get back to the car before the rain....

 No!!....but it was only a short squall this time...

 Bellisle Park Gates..these ones by a gatehouse cottage are nolonger used.

 over a wee burn...

 to the River Doon, that swollen by rainwater too.

 and then back by the bankside footpath to the footbridge.

Making the most of the daylight..fighting cabin fever!

Fresh Ayr

Today was Final Fit day for my new teeth...and they do! I've never had ones crafted so well. A dentist is not only a surgeon, he/she is an artist and sculptor and engineer too!
Thence to the shops again, to buy supplies for The Pirate...he likes to be clean!
As there was no point doing an extra 20 miles in the car to go home for an hour and return for visiting time, I stayed in Ayr for some fresh air and (intermittent) sunshine.

looking towards the Isle of Arran

a squall coming in towards Prestwick (on the right)

Enough of this freshness....time for coffee in Alloway!

The dose of air worked..I parked in the hospital carpark and slept for half an hour before visiting the Pirate. 
He is improving slowly, , better than another man who went home this morning...and was back again this afternoon.  You can't rush these matters.

I'm so glad  that he is being treated here as the doctors are most understanding of his point of view that he needs to be functioning properly before being sent home. In many other places he would have been out of hospital on Sunday...far too early.

Home a different way tonight, out on the Castle Douglas road and turn for home in Patna.  Only a mile further but a quicker run without rushing. No traffic jams as well!!

Now I'm sitting in front of the open stove eating supper, rice, mushroom and chinese veggies stirfry with almonds, and blogging. 

Just waiting for The Pirate to phone in a short while before he goes to bed.