Snow and squirrels

Someone gave me a £50 note for Christmas; I think it's the first time I've ever seen one, and I was surprised to discover that it had a picture of the Falkirk Wheel on it. This local landmark is kind of a boat "lift" that raises a barge up from one canal to another. Recently, though, the canal has been frozen and the Falkirk Wheel, like most other places locally, has been covered with a layer of snow.

Today there was some rain, so I'm hoping it's a sign of a thaw; I need to go through to an Edinburgh hospital this week to have a yellow fever vaccination (for an Africa trip in January) and it will be difficult to get there if there's still a lot of snow around. Our garden still has plenty of snow, though, and we've enjoyed watching two little grey squirrels scampering around in the trees there.