We’ve been struggling against really high winds for the last week or so. The big problem for ‘the high heid yins’ was- How are we going to stop the red carpet from blowing away when the Pope lands at Edinburgh airport for his state visit?

In the end they had to give up the idea of a red carpet altogether. The wind had died down a lot by the time the Pope got here although I heard recently that Britain is the windiest place in the world, so it probably seemed bad to people used to a more moderate climate.

The week before last we had lovely sunny weather and it only rained during the night and early in the morning, in fact it was nearly that mythical ‘Indian summer’ that we’re all always hoping for.

But tonight we were out and about in Dundee, helping our eldest with his hunt for a flat there and it was absolutely freezing, there’s a ground frost expected in places. Hopefully not here though because I haven’t got the tender plants in from the garden yet.