A day of brilliant sunshine but with very sharp E. + then S.E. wind. A good drying day + dust on the roads. Went to morning service after making a few calls. After lunch Helen1 + I walked to the Moat via Howden Hill2 + back by the tile works.3 Views very clear. Very little doing.
1 Helen Frances ‘Mousey’ Muir (1880-1963), Dr Muir’s third daughter and sometime housekeeper.
2 Dr Muir and Helen approached the Moat (NT458,268. near Howden, S.S.W. of Selkirk) from Howden Hill, directly to its north.
3 The Haining Tile Works were at approximate grid reference NGR NT465,269 and are nicely shown on Ordnance Survey Selkirkshire Sheet XII.9 (Selkirk), published 1860.
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/26, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1923]
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