I love the colours of sunrise always lifts the heart for the start of the day!

Grace, I know you can't get to Gala at the moment so here is a photo of Torwoodlee Tower on the western edge of Gala the home of the Pringles

I have asked the person who gave me the plaid, she spoke to her sister if she could remember anything about it and this is there reply:- 'JC could have been by Great Grandfather, one time shepherd at Cathpair' (near Stow) 'The L could be Laidlaw as she can remember Mum talking about a family connection on the Clark side with Willie Laidlaw who was a great friend of Sir Walter Scott. They were farmers and shepherds.' The Laidlaw surname is an old borders name.

Aude, Tesco only got permission to build there if the building was taken down and put into storage to be rebuilt somewhere else............. still waiting for that somewhere else.

Les Miller was not the only SCOT lecturer to invent a useful tool for the textile industry. Mr H McMorran invented the McMorran Balance.

@Christie Wilson Nothing like a good walk! Grahams the plumbing merchants is also location of mills sites!

You will have had quite a walk following all the lades, so many people do not know where or how many there are around town. Fab pictures, you have me trying to locate where they all are!

In the Southern Reporter this week they are hoping to get planning to demolish Beech Avenue. Many a student (including me) lived there!

I have always liked the colourful displays in Bank Street and I visited the Gala BB companies in Jan 2020 so they could add their stitches to the Welcome Panel of the Great Tapestry of Scotland.

Great photos Magdalena, great colours, Gala has the wild flower colours and the formal flowers of bank street gardens.