Calm before the storm, amber warning issued by the Met Office today for 80 ml hour winds for central Scotland, the poor trees will be blown to pieces in Princes St gardens today. Was up early and grabbed this quick shot of Ramsay gardens, from the National gallery.

Off home to batten down the hatches !!

Mind you the Met Office has been wrong before!!

3 30pm --Just an update it was on the BBC news that 100ml hour winds have just been recorded in Stirlingshire, heading here next, the zoos been closed,due to trees splitting. ( mind you I hate animals being kept in zoos, but that's another story)