The snow has been with us for three weeks but last night's fall was the heaviest I have seen here since 2001. Snow like this is relatively common in the north of Scotland but it is not so often that it lies to such a depth here in the south. My home is only 550 feet above sea level. Snow was too deep to take the car out, but I welcomed the opportunity of some much needed exercise walking to the health centre for my blood test, a distance of about a mile and two hundred feet lower down in the floor of the valley. This is the scene on the road down to town from my house.
Crossing the River Teviot at Victoria Footbridge, looking back in the direction of my house.
Passing Diesels Nightclub
Walking along the riverside towards the health centre
Health Centre being excavated out of the snow
The approach ramp to the James Thomson footbridge
James Thomson footbridge
The confluence of the Slitrig Water (left) with the River Teviot (right) from James Thomson footbridge
Heron in the Huff.
His head is hunched into his body as though he is feeling cold.
The bard seemed to be feeling the chill also.
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