During the night...

...I kept hearing a noise from the roof. It kept waking me up. Being very blustery I suspected a slate was coming loose.

So sleep eluding me I got up very early and dragged the dog to the beach. Another very high tide, we have had several this week. These ducks were grazing along the foreshore before the mutt chased them back to Fife.

Returning home I spotted the source of the noise problem - a branch from one of our trees was being battered against the roof soffit. The work of but a moment with a stout pair of loppers. Problem solved.