Its been a busy weekend. This morning I was on usher duties at church for the Royal British Legion Scotland Hawick Branch laying up of the Hawick Branch Old Queen's Colour and Legion Colour and the Dedication of the New Queen's Colour and Legion Colour. Here Reverend Marina Brown and Church Treasurer welcome our town's Honorary Provost, Zandra Elliot.
The old and new colour parties rehearse in the church grounds.
After the dedication service, the new colours are marched out of the church, to music from an unseen piper on the balcony above.
Yesterday there had been a kilted invasion of England on the occasion my friend John's golden wedding. The celebrations were held in the March Bank Hotel, which stands on Graham lands. The hotel grounds are bounded by Scots Dyke so the hotel is a few yards into England.
This foxy fellow greeted us as we entered the hotel.
The anniversary couple at the dinner table.
John and Yvonne
This is a view of the back of the hotel taken today from the eastern end of Scots Dyke. Most of the border between Scotland and England runs along rivers and streams but there is a four mile earthwork known as Scots Dyke which runs from the River Sark to a short tributary of the River Esk.
Turning the camera 180 degrees from the above view, this is the border at Scots Dyke, with England to the left of the marker and Scotland to the right.
More to follow shortly.
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