Yearly Event in Dumfries. It's one of the biggest events of the year in Dumfries and features rides outs, parades and parties.
Months of work goes into the planning to ensure it's a success.
The ceremony follows a route and sequence of events laid down in the mists of time.
Formal proceedings start at 7.30am with the gathering of up to 250 horses waiting for the courier to arrive and announce that the Pursuivant is on his way.
At 8am they leave the Midsteeple and ride out to meet the Pursuivant. They then proceed to Ride the Marches and Stob and Nog (mark the boundary with posts and flags) before returning to the Midsteeple at 12.15pm to meet the Provost, and then the Charter is proclaimed to the town's people of Dumfries.
This is then followed by the crowning of the Queen of the South. A Parade takes place in the Evening through the Town.
20 июн 2015
