Local MP David Mundell began his Spring Surgery tour of his large constituency recently – in far from Spring-like weather.
The Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP has one of the largest constituencies in the UK, stretching from Lanark to Gretna and Dumfries to Peebles.
And over the last couple of weeks the far travelled MP has been undertaking a marathon surgery tour of his large rural constituency.
“This is a now annual event which allows me to get round all parts of my large constituency and meet as many constituents as possible,” explained the MP. “However, when my tour began in Traquair I was not expecting it to be in winter weather rather than springtime. This very unseasonal weather did make things interesting as we moved from community to community, often on snow covered roads.”
On the first day of the Spring Tour, last Thursday, Mr Mundell held surgeries in Traquair, Innerleithen, Cardrona, Manor, Eddleston, Carlops, West Linton, Drumelzier and Broughton.