A tremendous snowstorm set in on his journey north.

From a village near Doncaster he wrote to Constable: "The horses were twice blown quite round, unable to face the horrid blast of cold wind, the like of which I have never known before.
There was at the same time a terrible fall of snow, which completely obscured everything that could be seen from the coach window.

The snow became of great depth, and six strong horses could scarcely pull us through.

We are four hours behind time." From Doncaster he went to Durham in a postchaise; and pushing onward, he at last reached Edinburgh after six days' stormy travelling.
While at Edinburgh, Mr.Murray resided with Mr.Sands, one of the late Charles Elliot's trustees.

The marriage took place on March 6, 1807, and the newly married pair at once started for Kelso, in spite of the roads being still very bad, and obstructed by snow.