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What can I say, a great tale and well told. Tough times. Border reivers I presume?

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Yes, my distant ancestors. Turnbull = cattle thief.

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Good to have interesting ancestors! We visited Castle Howard once and I said I might be related, so could I get in free. He wasn't amused!

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A braw first go Ronald. Looking forward to your next and hoping it won’t be o’er lang a wait. 🙂🙏

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Short fiction every 10 weeks. Next historical who can say? I'm a nonfiction bloke really!

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A first go!!? A right brilliant one I'd say. Where were my ancestors at that time? Way north of your clan, but we'd not have let.it lie crosswise between us.

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Damn fine piece. I look forward to your next bit of fiction.

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I have to mention a small bump in the read: “he slowed to a walk”, I had to look back and see if I could find some indication that Jamie had been jogging. And failed to find any.

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Fair enough. Also I feel Duncan should admire Jamie's hillcraft rather than his spear skills given their shared love of the country is a (the) theme.

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First attempt?! I'm a sucker for historical fiction! Loved it!

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