David, (well-known to Ringmer Multimarquers), had said that we must travel by the A7 from Carlisle to Edinburgh and what good advice that was - it's a lovely road which goes past Selkirk and then on to Edinburgh.
We were heading for Selkirk to stop for the night but at lunch time we arrived at Longtown. Now I'm used to people staring at the AC but this was strange until we realised that we were just the warm up act and they were waiting for their village Diamond Jubilee parade so we stopped off to enjoy it too.
And so we pushed on to Selkirk where I discovered in the local churchyard or "Kirk in the Forest" as this was known, that Wallace (aka Braveheart) was pronounced Guardian of Scotland just over 700 years ago on this very site.
And right opposite the hotel was not only Sir Walter Scott's courtroom but also where the Selkirk Bannock was first baked in 1859.
Sadly the shop appears closed but good old auntie has a nice looking recipe.
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