DECEMBER 2018

Our nomination of the Flodden Tree in the Woodland Trust's Scottish Tree of the Year 2018 competition resulted in a third place out of the six short-listed trees. The results of the public vote were:-

Netty's Tree 1050 votes

Filo Tree 857 votes

Flodden Tree 741 votes

Camperdown 332 votes

Malloch Tree 241 votes

Napoleon's T 143 votes

The Flodden Tree wins a £500 Tree Care Award and a survey and report to safeguard its future health. We have specified that the award should go to the estate owners.

 Another marvellous holiday in Cyprus in October with sun all day and everyday; swimming and snorkelling, meeting up with our family and visiting ancient churches, monasteries, attractive villages and archaeological sites. 

2018 sees another book in course of preparation. More details later.

A current project which has taken up much of my time but is just coming to an end, is the inspection and recording of historic buildings in connection with the Branxton & Crookham Village Atlas Project. This is a community project administered by the Till Valley Archaeological Society with the aid of a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. In addition to the Historic Buildings Group, there are three other groups of volunteers dealing with archaeology, social history and oral history. There is more information on the TillVAS website—there is a link below.

My fourth book on local topics, Breamish and Till: From Source to Tweed, is available for sale, published by the Till Valley Archaeological Society (TillVAS)(www.tillvas.com), ISBN 978-1-291-58938-2 Price £10. Net proceeds of sale go to the Society. 

Information about this and other books, articles and poems can be seen on my Books & Books (cont.) pages and copies of some may be bought by clicking on the blue link at the top of the Books page and following the instructions.