If you look at the above photo carefully, you can see that there are raindrops on the window glass. This means that this morning’s red sky was telling the truth. Those shepherds knew a thing or two about weather!

The weather forecast also indicated rain but only for later in the day. Something that the forecast did not mention was wind. As we returned, we were hit by a stiff wind off the sea that had me literally hanging onto my hat.

Our shopping trip has met all the day’s needs so I don’t imagine that we will be confronting the 53 steps again until tomorrow.

Later, we shall see about transforming some of out purchases into a meal. That’ll be fun, won’t it? 🙂

After a leisurely start (well, it is Christmas!), we bestirred ourselves and climbed down to the street.

Rainy Boxing Day in Ramsgate

As it was now around 10 am, brunch rather than breakfast seemed appropriate. We soon found a cafe open that served our purpose perfectly.

Next came the above mentioned light shopping. We found a supermarket open and made a judicious choice of foodstuffs that need neither a microwave nor any elaborate preparation. (Did I mention that neither of us cooks? Hence the importance of microwave ovens in our joint life.)

Served by Caffè Nero (Photo by Tigger)

Having done our duty, we retired to Caffè Nero for a well earned rest.

Quite a few shops are open today, not only those seemingly run by their owners but also those staffed by employees. I hope the latter are paid extra for working on what most of us would consider to be a holiday.

We have survived Christmas and here we are on the morning of the day after, commonly called Boxing Day.

Here is a photo taken by Tigger a few minutes ago from the bedroom window.

Dawn over Ramsgate Harbour

Beautiful, isn’t it?

The next thought that came mind after noting its beauty was an old saw that my mother often quoted:

Red sky in the morning, shepherds’ warning

In other words, a red sky at dawn forecasts bad weather. It could be right as a quick look at the weather app on my phone shows rain later. We shall see.