I've already said, it has rained all day Tuesday, all day Wednesday and all day today (Thursday). It finally stopped raining about 9.00pm. At which point I stopped pacing like a caged animal and went for a walk. These are taken along what we call 'the nature trail', or 'along the burn', the kids call it 'the dammie'.........I don't know why. It is an area that used to support literally hundreds of flax mills in the nineteenth century. Now it’s given over to pleasant path ways, wild plants, blackberries and a multitude of wildlife.
The plants are just some of the flowers I saw in the fading light. The buildings are mill buildings now either empty and semi derelict or used as storage or by industry. The water is the old burn which, 150 years ago, made this a wealthy town by powering all those mills that sprang up along its banks. The reason the water is so brown is because the excessive rainfall has swept mud and debris down from the hills. Usually the water is clear and you can see fish in there. The rather odd picture in the middle is a strange relief design an engineering company has put up along one of the old buildings it now occupies. I don’t know how long it has been there but I’ve never noticed it before.
It was just so good to get out again.
