Diary knows better than to stir the cauldron of disputes between England and Scotland.
But we couldn’t resist recounting this tale heard from a local government officer who recently toured the borderlands running between picturesque Northumberland Council on the south side of the River Tweed and beautiful, lush Scottish Borders on the Saltire-flying north bank.
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