Hills white including Greenhead
Wind N.E. Very cold raw day with sleety blasts. Cycled to Gala but had a most disagreeable ride. Mrs Brydon1 a little better. Went by Bridgelands. Left about 1 + made a few calls in town + Forest Road + drove to Firs2, Yarrowford + Bowerhope.3 Very cold going up. Janet Laidlaw rather better. Got cosy tea + was less cold coming home, although against the wind. Got back at 8. Changed horses + went on to Abbotsford Road.
1 Isabella Brydon née Howie (about 1841-1904), the wife of Adam Brydon, farmer, lived at 21 Abbotsford Road, Galashiels, Selkirkshire.
2 Dr Muir had been attending Alice Smith née Paterson (1863-1943), wife of Patrick Smith, at the Firs.
3 Dr Muir had been up to Bowerhope, on the south side of St Mary’s Loch, on two occasions, the first time on 29 January 1924, to attend Janet Laidlaw, aged 53, see that diary entry for more detail.
[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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