Lazy rise today. Pouring with rain - 'stottin doon'. Val had gone to Troon with St Aidan's Strollers ( the "SAS") the other day, for a stroll and then Christmas lunch by the Yacht Marina but had left her mac there so, we set off for Troon down the dreaded A77, heading for Prestwick Airport but diverted onto Troon Promenade where, as often happens on the coast, the rain had gone but the sea was rough. We went into Scotts, looking over both Troon Harbour, such as it is, and the Yacht Marina. Had a delightful and quiet lunch; excellent cuisine and service. Saw some folk I knew by sight and chatted to them. Afterwards we went into the Ferry Terminal, now closed until March. This is the ferry from Troon to Northern Ireland. Ferries to and from Northern Ireland are always worrying, in view of an easy route for extremists to enter Scotland. The Cairnryan, P & O Ferry still operates throughout the winter months and is used by heavy freight to and from England mainly. The proposed Mull of Kintyre to Ballycastle route had now closed again. Most folk breathe a sigh of relief.
This afternoon it was doing up the calendars and cards for posting. Val went up to Carmunnock village Post Office up the road, to post them. We have lost the Post Office in our own village of Busby; now the Post Office are to close Carmunnock PO also. There is a question mark over the next nearest one in Clarkston remaining open, leaving journeys to East Kilbride or Glasgow to find another. What is required is some enterprising firm to set up a postal service; one which would sell stamps, have letter boxes, deliver the post to premises and have an excellent parcel delivery service. I had written to the national Press in Scotland suggesting that our Government in Edinburgh ask a firm like the US Postal Service to come and set up such a business here in Scotland as the Royal Mail, now privately run, is an absolute waste of space and unworthy to serve us in Scotland. Ha ha!
Today is the Feast of Bishop Nicholas of Myre who died in the 4th century. How is it we know so little of this man? The fact that he is in the Church Calendar warrants an explantion. I shall Google him!
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