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over Abbeymount we escaped complete ruin to
togs, though well splashed. A red "burn"
cataracted down the steps from the little garden
through which we had walked from
Regent Road & then a black spout
came over the wall of the railway embankment
& the combined streams flooded the streets
& threatened to invade the pavement.
Providence decreed a high water mark
just short of that & we did not have
to stand in water. There was a lull
& we made a bolt for my office but
got caught again. I never saw anything
like the water pouring down the Calton
Hill steps. We had tea at home,
but many people in cars or early arrivals sheltered
in the palace or sat it out in the
squelching park till the rain stopped
& they could pick uneasy steps into the
garden.

I had one clear evening on the
Bathgate hills 11th July. The Glasgow Fair