I missed going up to Scotland for Burns night this year so when Alex posted about the Hawick Highland Games, I made an instant decision.

The plan was for me to travel up to Alex's on Friday, shopping in Edinburgh on Saturday and the Games on Sunday.

Alex and I had Skyped many times. He was on the games organising committee, but was getting depressed by the number of vendors who were cancelling. As many of you may know, I run an XMarks information tent. I volunteered to run it at Hawick and Alex agreed immediately.

So, on to the pictures.

My first stop was at the border -



The border stone -



And me in front of the stone -



For those interested, the kilt is hunting MacLeod in PV - excellent for driving. A quick call to Alex and I was in Hawick within half an hour.

A couple of views from the bedroom of Castle Alex -





More to come -

Regards

Chas