London bound.

From the courtyard we can see that there's been more snow on the hills on the far side of the bay. None of it has, so far, fallen on our side of the water. This is good news because we're heading down to London for a few days and are hoping that Edinburgh airport is going to be operating smoothly. It seems even a rumour of snow brings travel to a halt.  We're off to see a new eye surgeon and possibly book at late Spring cruise around Japans inland sea with a group of 34 American gardeners and archaeologists. The gardeners then go onto Borneo but were not sure about being on a small environmentally friendly boat without air conditioning that far south.

You can't say that the local bakers has gone overboard with its post-Christmas window display. Sugar, and lots of it, is a recurrent theme.

An open door lets us catch a glimpse of workmen rearranging furniture in one of the university buildings. Three weeks and the new semester officially starts. We've seen a few students but most are sensibly waiting until later in the month to trek North. Much of England has been snowed in but this part of Scotland has remained largely bright and sunny and very windy.

Indian take on western music. Lovely. The dog at the 1:45 mark is supremely happy :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZoHuoFQyrI

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