Roberton Show

We visited the food and beer tents, visited the craft stalls and watched the judging.

The woman in the middle endeavoured hard to keep her sheep still for judging.

Rare and minority breeds.

The show judges came from Newcastleton and Biggar, one came as far north from Lauder.

Charlie was told never to hold a ram by his horns, shortly before one came off from his grasp.

Hawick pipe band came, last time we listened to their reinvigorating music was at Wilton Park bandstand; and how the rain poured down that day, but committed they played on unabated. It's was endearing to see the band inclusive of dis-enabled people.

Alongside Borthwick water, time to relax.

Charlie has been farming all his life, his father was a farmer and had won the royal show, and his father was also farmer before him; Charlie had noticed the show judges had, a section of the show, rewarded second place sheep as first place winners; how egalitarian I thought and oh so wrongful, ho hum.