Freezing again this morning + roads hard except in a few sheltered places. There was also very dense fog in the valley. Drove Bartleman1 over to the almshouses2 where I had to go to see Betsy Ingles3 [?] + then we walked back by Curling4 meeting Baptie5 again at Whitmuirhall.6 I got down above the skating pond7 while Bartleman drove on to Dandswall8 where he was due to lunch at 1.30. After lunch I cycled to Thornfield, Hospital + Hartwoodmyres.
1 Bartleman is so far unidentified.
2 Assume the almshouses at Lilliesleaf.
3 Betsy Ingles cannot be readily identified.
4 Curling, Bowden, north of Riddell, grid reference NGR NT517,261.
5 Thomas Baptie (1860-1929), driver and handyman for Dr Muir.
6 Whitmuirhall, Selkirk, home of Charles Walter Dunlop (1846-1922), merchant.
7 The skating pond was on the east side of the Selkirk Hills.
8 Dandswall, Shawpark Road, Selkirk. It is not referred to in the Valuation Rolls at this time so Bartleman’s host is unidentified.
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/7, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1904]
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