Spoke a bit too soon last night, headed for bed but as I was suffering from serious heart burn I ended up sleeping in my usual comfy chair downstairs, and even had a great nights sleep.
We were soon up and off again to Ocean Terminal to the shops and for my session with the wee Chinese mannie and his needles.
As it was a beautiful morning I headed for the roof top car park to enjoy the views, and met a gentleman, Rob Watt, a retired teacher who gave me a brief history of the surrounding docks.
It transpired that the shopping centre was built on the site of an old shipyard and the quayside where The Britannia sits was a sandy beach. the whole dock complex was reclaimed from the sea - the mistake hey made was that the entrance gates from the Firth of Forth were built too small to accommodate some of the bigger cruise ships who now have to go to Rosyth.
On the distant dockside is the remains of a Martello Tower, built in 1809 as part of Britain's sea defences against the marauding french and USA navies. Mr Watt was saying that prior to the docks being built the locals used to swim out to the tower from the original inner dock.
It was soon time for my acupuncture session, supplemented by acupressure, (very deep and done with his elbows) and then some cupping. Cupping is an ancient procedure, dating back over 3000 years and used by the Chines, Egyptians, Greeks and even the native American Indians. It can be used for many ailments and draws blood up into damaged areas to speed up healing ( lot more than that to it).
When we were in China two years ago we saw many little back street clinics with folks covered in the glass "cups". It is recognised as an alternative healing method, and can also be done as a form of massage if the cups are moved over the surface of the skin.
Now taking a well deserved rest, have seen the qualifiers for the final of the X-Factor next week but tonight's highlight had to be Lady Ga Ga who was in her usual exceptional form
But , back to The mercat in the morning.
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