Innocent

This is not advertising, or advertorial, or even product placement.

It was me, waiting for Junior to arrive, and not wanting to take a Blip featuring unconsenting adults or their unconsenting bairns. 

Before moving on, I should mention a notable event. This place had no sparkling water. You read it first here - an Italian restaurant without San Pellegrino (or any other brand owned by Coca Cola or not). 

To be honest, the quality of the pizzas has dropped off since June. Staff or ingredients? You choose. 

Catching up with Junior was the objective, and the food was still OK, so I am only reporting life as it (now) is, as opposed to having a right good girn.  

I read today that the Ship Inn in Elie has been forced to close 2 days in the week as a result of staffing shortages. Elie is a summer place. It. has a ridiculously high proportion of second/holiday homes. 

As a result, it is super busy all summer and dead in the winter. A place like the Ship Inn has to be running flat out for 7 days a week all summer, as there is *squeak* all income for 6 months in the year. 

Local people? Well if they can afford a home there they need to be working 12 months in the year to pay for it, and not just in the summer.    

Clearly pizza with my son was the highlight of the day. 

The rest was the usual Tuesday combo of laundry, ironing and gardening. I almost set off for the farm shop right on schedule at 8:43 and 20 seconds, but then remembered tonight's pizza and so my fridge filling tasks could wait.