I have belatedly seen last weeks
Berwickshire and once again Sheriff Kevin of Duns seems to attract the most bizarre cases seemingly out of character with the county we know and love. He fined a a Ministry of Defence Security Official £450 for shouting racial abuse at a man of 'African origin' and then dropped his trousers in front of the victim suggesting 'that he should leave the town'. This all took place in an unnamed 'Border town' . (Not Hutton you can be sure) The defence claimed that the accused was on holiday and had had 'far too much to drink'
The Hutton and Paxton 'Flower Show' gets excellent coverage-all red cards (first prizes) are listed by name and so the wife has two mentions albeit credited to her husband. So her apples and peas in the pod are the Gold Medal winners at these games. She is kicking herself for not displaying the 'peas in a saucer' -this would have earned another visit to the podium as there were no entries in this usually keenly contested catergory-actually her 6 pea pods was the only entry-I assume the competition stayed in their starting blocks out of fear of the inevitable outcome; some carpers are blaming the paucity of entries on Mr Fish's inclement August but this is I believe a feeble excuse. Those who dare wins is as appropriate to the Flower Show as to Romeo and Juliet Bravo, Scandavian Air Services or whatever.
