The Leaning Tower of Lynedoch Street

James tested negative for Covid yesterday and then again today. This means that we can stop self-isolating thank goodness. I have been feeling a bit sad because it’s 25 years today since my Dad died. It’s silly really because it’s just a date, I think about him and my Mum every day anyway and I know that Jennifer does too. So since James needed to pick up a jacket from Nevisport that he had put in for repair, we used our new found freedom to go into town to collect it and then treat ourselves to lunch at Singl-end in Renfrew Street. It was full when we arrived so we were advised to go for a walk for half an hour until a table became available. 

We walked over the pedestrian bridge at Charing Cross and up past my old school to Park Circus. It was half sunny and half cloudy, with a sharp chilly wind, a remnant from last night’s Storm Malik, which we had heard howling around the house, and which caused many trees to fall around the country.  As we approached Trinity College Tower we noticed a group of firemen deep in discussion and one of them came over to stop us from getting closer. Apparently the tower has been damaged by the high winds last night and is in danger of collapsing. He explained that the building was already in a poor state and had been fitted with sensors to alert the emergency services if it tilts, and that the sensor alarms have gone off. Residents in the vicinity have been evacuated until the building is stabilised, and I saw on the news later that surrounding roads have been blocked off. Lunch at Singl-end with James was very nice and helped to restore my good spirits. There is another storm on its way to Scotland tomorrow called Storm Corrie.