Rose 5.15 + left at 7.33. Fine clear morning followed by the finest day we have had for weeks + no rain. Went up Ettrick. Walked Ettrick Road [illegible] of Oakwoodmill : called for Mr Mitchell ‘Bridgend. Walked Manse Brae + Singlie + Tushielaw but after that never dismounted till head of [illegible] + there I bumped my knee + skinned it getting off. Fine run down to Cassock + all the way to Borland. Took my lunch a mile out of Borland + went down Corrie Water to Lockerbie. Got to Dumfries at 4.20. Kate M has an ex Indian Chaplain + his wife living with her. Had very pleasant evening. Mileage 58.0.
1 Dr Muir had occasionally been attending Thomas Mitchell (1867-1937), master joiner, at Ettrickbridgend, Kirkhope.
2 Manse Brae is not known to the Editor, feedback welcomed.
3 Singlie, grid reference NGR NT369,215, Tushielaw, NT305,183, Cassock, NT237,036, Borland, NY169,910, Corrie Water, linear feature through NY185,854, Lockerbie, NY135,821 and Dumfries, NX971,761.
4 Catherine Isabella ‘Kate’ Macdonald [or McDonald] née Paton (about 1862-1932), lived at 1 Newall Terrace, Dumfries. She was the widow of James Cumming Raff Macdonald [or McDonald] (1859-1921), writer. Dr Muir had stayed with the couple when he cycled to Dumfries on 18 September 1918.
5 This couple is unidentified.
[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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