The rain poured on the Yes campaign when The Courier referendum roadshow visited Invergowrie on Friday.
The public vote in our casual poll was 69% to 31% for Scotland staying in the UK, but pro-independence campaigners believed the sun will still shine on them on September 18.
SNP Carse councillor Douglas Pover was with our referendum team outside the village’s Co-Op store.
“People here seem to be adamantly against independence because they are troubled by issues like passports, pensions and defence,” he said.
“But there is a lot of misinformation about the dire things the No campaign say are going to happen with a Yes result. We are answering these issues and are trying to get the facts across that we will be better off by voting Yes.”
Praising The Courier for holding the roadshows, he said: “I think this is a wonderful project to take the referendum right out to the smaller towns and villages that a lot of other organisations pass by.”
Ex-NCR worker Derek Coleman, 66, of Invergowrie, said: “I normally vote SNP but there’s a lack of facts on both sides and there are mixed messages coming out about a lot of big issues. I’m minded to vote No.”
Fred Campbell, 66, also of Invergowrie, said he voted for the SNP at elections but feared a Yes result would leave Scotland out of Europe. The former welder said he would be voting No in the referendum.
John Stephenson, 74, a former university lecturer from Longforgan, said: “In principle I’m for independence but I’m weighing up what both sides are saying and I’ll make up my mind.”
There was little improvement in the weather when the referendum roadshow moved on to Longforgan, but despite the rain a steady stream of people stopped to make their views known.
Among them was Dr John Hulbert, a former SNP councillor and provost of Perth and Kinross, who lives in the village.
Involved with promoting a Yes vote locally, Dr Hulbert felt that things were “looking more positive” for the independence cause.
On the other side of fence were friends Shirley Forbes from Inchture and Margaret Mill from Dundee who took the chance to register their opposition.
“I am definitely No, I would leave the country if it votes Yes,” said Mrs Forbes, who thought the Better Campaign was not performing as well as she would have liked.
There are no roadshows over the weekend, but we hit the road again on Monday with events in Anstruther and Crail.
See the full timetable at www.thecourier.co.uk/indy-roadshow.