Not a ray of sunshine today. Dull morning : cold S.W.W. wind: mist + drizzle. In afternoon cycled to Home, Dunsdale, Hospital, Nest + Bogle House. Roads better. Message at night to Scott, Manorhill. David went. Last night D. was called to a confinement Watson, Ettrickhall (illigit.). Helen was at a conjuring &c entertainment in the Volunteer Hall.
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/23, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1920]
Rumbling Clint's Scottish Notes 