Selkirk Common Riding 2019 - Common Riding Friday
SELKIRK, SCOTLAND, UK . 14.Jun.2019 :
Selkirk Common Riding 2019 - Common Riding Friday
Craig Monks, Selkirk Royal Burgh Standard Bearer, returns at the gallop to the Toll at the conclusion of the Riding of the Marches, of the Burgh lands. Followed by nearly 250 mounted supporters.
Selkirk Common Riding re enacts the riding of the Burgh Lands and Boundaries and remembers the history of the Battle of Flodden, one of the oldest Borders festivals, on Friday 14 June 2019 in Selkirk, Scotland. The event dating from the Battle of Flodden in 1513, remembers the story of Flodden, when Selkirk sent 80 men into battle with the Scottish King. One man returned, bearing a blood stained English flag.
(Photo by Rob Gray / FREELANCE)
