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THIS IS MY FIRST EVER GIGAPAN: The Royal Burgh Standard Bearer James Cheyne casts the Burgh Flag at the culmination of the Common Riding festivities followed by six other standard bearers. The one on this photo is Hammerman Jason Hendrie. (sorry Jason you moved between shots). The Burgh Standard bearer represents t...
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- GP115 Selkirk Common Riding 2011. The casting of the Colours (and find the cuddly monkey) by Keith Rodgerson
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Selkirk Common Riding is a festival which commemorates the return to the town from the Battle of Flodden in 1513, of Fletcher. He was the only one of the townsmen who survived the battle and came home with an English Flag. After the riding of the towns boundaries and the Casting of the Colours in the town Square, the f...
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Selkirk Common Riding is a commemoration of the loss of the young men of Selkirk (Scotland) at the Battle Of Flodden on 9th September 1513. Legend has it that only one returned carrying a flag from one of the English armies. The flag casting ceremony held in the town square ends with two minutes silence followed by the...
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GP94 The Gnomes of Yetholm, in the Scottish Borders. Spot my cuddly monkey among the gnomes in the garden of Anne Yeomans in the Scottish Borders village of Yetholm. This is another Gigapan which has given me problems with the stitching. Once again it is rainbow shaped!! This has been left uncropped on this occ...
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The town of Kelso in the Scottish Borders is on the junction of the river Teviot and the River Tweed. The castle in the background is Floors Castle, home of the Duke of Roxburghe. Kelso Abbey on the right is from the 13th century. The junction pool under the bridge is famous for salmon fishing. This bridge which crosse...
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Selkirk Common Riding is a festival which commemorates the return to the town in 1513, of Fletcher. He was the only one of the townsmen who survived the battle and came home with an English Flag. After the riding of the towns boundaries and the Casting of the Colours in the town Square, the flag is returned to the Prov...
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This is the town square (Market Place) in Kelso, a beautiful town in the Scottish Borders. I gained access to an office opposite the town hall courtesey of Hastings (solicitor) to try my first attempt at this subject. Part way through the 518 pictures it went cloudy and began raining (hence the dark patches) Maybe I ...
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The lovely Scottish Border town of Kelso on a damp October day. I'll get one in the summer to show you how lovely it can be.
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The Lobau is a Vienna floodplain on the northern side of the Danube and partly in Großenzersdorf, Lower Austria. It has been part of the Danube-Auen National Park since 1996 and has been a protected area since 1978. It is used as a recreational area and is known as a site of nudism. There is also an oil harbour, and t...
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The Scottish Borders with Eildon Hills and Floors Castle. This lovely area of the country is virtually unspoiled by modern living. Floors Castle, used in the film Tarzan is the home of the Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh and is open to the public during the summer. Peinelheugh monument to the battle of Waterloo is o...
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