Rain

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You would think I would be well conditioned to rain after being brought up on the west coast of Scotland where it rains a lot more than it does here in the Borders, but it seems to have rained every day since I arrived back from my trip to California more than five weeks ago. With the ground now waterlogged, the rain runs off very quickly causing rapid rising of river levels.

White water as the River Teviot races over Hawick Cauld.

Looking upriver from the Albert Bridge

Looking downriver from the Albert Bridge with the Burns Club building on the left.

The confluence of the Slitrig Water, left, with the River Teviot, right, from James Thompson footbridge.

Full river, from Victoria footbridge looking upriver. That log on the left was heavy and was travelling fast in the current, I almost dropped the camera when it slammed into the bridge.

Looking downriver from Victoria Footbridge.

Victoria Footbridge. The river was still rising and was expected to burst its banks after dark. People who live near the river were busy this afternoon sandbagging their properties. I am glad that I live three hundred feet higher up the side of the valley.

A dull wet day in Duke Street, Hawick. The rain is predicted to cease early Friday and to resume again Friday night for the weekend. No kilt photos, in that sort of weather I was wearing a hooded cagoulle and a cheap acrylic kilt.
Dumfries was on the television earlier and the Whitesands area where some of our group photos were taken is under water where the River Nith has burst its banks.