A fabulously clear dawn meant scraping the ice off the car window this morning for the first time this year. Because we live only yards from the sea, you would think that all the salt that's around would make this unnecessary. Just shows how cold it was last night. The sky as I came out was a glorious colour as you can see in the pic I took at the front door.
Later in the morning, while hanging out some washing in the back garden, I spotted a small flatfish lying on the grass! This is not the first time I've found fish lying around and I can only imagine that gulls, squabbling over their catch, drop them and fail to find them again. It isn't a problem unless we don't find them either! During the summer a large flounder, courtesy of the gulls, had lain on the yard steps for some time before being discovered and, because of the warm weather, it was not too pleasant to dispose of!
Luckily we don't have to rely on the gulls for our supply of fish. One of the real bonuses of moving here is that you can purchase fish that tastes truly heavenly. Locals pointed me in the direction of the wholesalers at St Monans just five minutes drive away. You have to dodge the fork lifts but you can buy wonderfully fresh fish, dressed crabs, scallops, etc. Should make dinner parties a doddle!
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