Coldstream
Abbess Hoppringle Commemorated Each August
At 12.00 noon on Thursday in the first full week of August, the battle of Flodden is commemorated by a ride out led by the Coldstreamer, a young man who is elected to carry the town standard for the weeks festivities. There is an oration and service on the site of the battlefield where a sod is cut and carried back to the Tweed Green in Coldstream where a moving ceremony takes place to commemorate the actions of Abbess Hoppringle
cutting the sod
wrapping the sod
the final act
Hip Hip Hooray
Some of the 323 horses
The Band near Newcastle Arms
The Coldstream Guards
The Hirsel
North Yorkshire rally @ The Hirsel
Foulden
Nice welcome from the farmer with the two flags flying next to the rally field.
in the opposite direction the view is of the Cheviots.
in the opposite direction the view is of the Cheviots.