House fire on route

As we approached Whitekirk near North Berwick we could see smoke but thought it was a garden fire. When we passed the house we realised it was the house as smoke was pouring from the roof. The fire brigade arrived soon after us but by that time Alan was round the back of the house up a ladder with a small hose trying to put out the fire. The image of him there if full lycra up a ladder had me chuckling all night. 

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