Reiver Monday

Today, I was down at the Volunteer Halls in Galashiels where we were hosting an event with the Carers Trust, which went well. Always good to keep in touch with reality, meeting real people.

Here’s the Border Reiver statue in the town centre.

Border reivers were raiders along the Anglo-Scottish border from the late 13th century to the beginning of the 17th century. Their ranks consisted of both Scottish and English families, and they raided the entire Border country without regard to their victims' nationality. Their heyday was perhaps in the last hundred years of their existence, during the time of the Stewart Kings in Scotland and the Tudor dynasty in England.

I hope the week has started off well for you.