Morning, dull and cloudy again but rained through the night. Just catching up around here today, nothing exciting. Came across this in the paper today, no wonder we loathe bloody tourists.
John OāGroats has seen an increase in the number of visitors that have been coming to enjoy the area in the last couple of weeks, but along with this comes some very challenging issues, where a very small minority donāt seem to be able to behave in a normal manner. Last night the public toilets had 3 hand gel dispensers broken and the bottles of gel stolen, then this morning sometime between 5am and 7.30am someone decided to swing on the Orkney finger-post of the famous John OāGroats Signpost and has managed to snap it off!! The signpost was restored and painted earlier this year already at a considerable cost and was looking well all fresh and clean, but now we will need to have it removed again and welded back together thanks to some thoughtless folk. We donāt know who is responsible but have had photos shown to us of people swinging on it the last few days, which would have increasingly weakened the post. If anyone should know the offenders in the photos maybe they could contact us and offer some payment towards a now costly fix of the sign, and also an apology to those who will miss out on their photo at the sign when it goes away for a couple of days to be fixed. It really is such a shame when a few clowns ruin things for 100ās of others!!!
The kids in the local park where I live are worse than that. The police have to patrol the place now because of abusive behaviour.
Thereās just too many of us on the planet now.
Evening. Rox some people think its ok to behave like that, and they think its funny. Morty we have problems like that here because they have a bus pass that they can use to travel free anywhere in Scotland, I donāt agree with it. Had heavy showers here today, went to a garden centre with my niece and a frieend but didnāt buy any plants.
Morning All, Bit of sun today, it must know itās my birthday. Nothing much on, a few bits to do in town and a tidy up here. Out to dinner tonight with friends.
Morning, A bit dull here but dry. Over to Wick today for a visit to the Garden Centre and a wander round the town centre, such as it is. Apart from that thereās nothing much on.
Started knitting a Winter Sweater with that chunky rainbow wool, love the colours but itās a bugger to knit with, the wool keeps splitting, have to keep my mind on what Iām doing. Be nice when itās done though.
Have a good Weekend Folks.
Morning a bit cloudy this morning here but want to go out later. Rox I used to love knitting jumpers arran donāt have the patience for it now so baby hats for premature babies.
My last few sweaters were done in arran for Dunc n David but like you say they need a lot of concentration. I like to listen to Audio Books while I knit so arran is difficult as I tend to drift at times. This one Iām doing just now has a pattern but itās easy. Iāll post a pic once itās done, though it will be a few weeks as Iām in no hurry.
Rox the last time I knitted one I was still working. A workmate asked me to knit one for her sister, needless to say that was the last arran I knitted. Looking forward to seeing the pic of your sweater.
Morning, Not too bad here at the moment, got the washing on and hoping it can fully dry out on the ropes. Bit of a greenhouse tidy up later and then itās grooming time again.
Have a good day.
Evening. A nice day here and some sunshine. Went into town for a look round the shop, bought a few tops in case I go on holiday again this year. It was nice in town without any demonstrations of any kind.
Evening allā¦ @Rox ā¦ nice bit of wool there. Lovely colours. Gosh I havenāt knit for years. Over half a century.
Mum taught me and hated it as I always gripped the needles that tight I kept snapping them.
