Christmas baby was born in Carluke lay-by

But they didn’t expect him to be born in a lay-by off Airdrie Road, just outside Carluke.

Little Ruairidh could not wait until the family reached Wishaw General.

There was an unscheduled stop in a petrol station to allow Claire to be transferred from the family car to an ambulance and then an emergency stop in the lay-by minutes later for Ruairidh to be born.

For more, see this week’s Carluke and Lanark Gazette.