Hawick

Although if one pronounces the town as it is spelled the look from the bus driver makes one ask the proper pronunciation and hears its something like: Hoyk

 

The Horse

Slightly reminded me of the Toll House

Shoring up the river front

I’d learn more about James Thompson the next day.

Somewhere, under all that water, is there a Duke?

On a day that began like any other, William Rule saved Scotland’s beloved King Robert Bruce from death by wrestling a charging bull to the ground in the Caledon woods on the borderlands of Scotland and England. As a reward for his feat, William was given lands in Bedrule and dubbed Sir TURN-E-BULL (Turnbull). I had a nice chat with folks in the Heritage Hub.

Commemorating the Battle of Honshole.

Hawick needs a revisit