So said the organisers of this year’s Teviot Tartan Time, a three-day festival that aimed to "keep the Scottish spirit alive" in the Teviot Valley, festival committee members Teresa Bennetts, Trudie Marsh and Dinah Wales said.
The annual event started with a district-wide mufti day yesterday and Roxburgh Area School pupils had embraced the theme and held a school mufti day to support the event, Mrs Marsh said.
Many of those from early childhood centres and businesses also donned tartan outfits, including Highlands Pharmacy owner Alastair Forbes, who can be found playing the bagpipes outside his business every Friday afternoon.
Teviot Tartan Time will continue tonight with movie screenings in Roxburgh and an evening of Scottish fare at Faigan’s Cafe and Store, in Millers Flat, and conclude with a Kilt Canter and fundraising barbecue tomorrow.
Last year’s Teviot Tartan Time included the second Teviot Valley Wearable Art Awards, but they will next be held in 2019 to mark the 10th year of Teviot Tartan Time.
