See what a little complaining will do. A few weeks ago I got on my hobby horse and complained about VisitScotland's shameful under-treatment of Duns on their web site. Well lo and behold the Duns entry has been rewritten and is now substantially bigger than most every one of the other Border towns. Sadly they haven't added it to their map on the web site, but I'm sure it's just a matter of time.
Unfortunately they've taken some of the information from I know not where as they claim Duns is near to Greenknowe tower. In actual fact it's 12 miles away and nearer to Melrose than Duns. VisitScotland also claim that the "small kirk at Ellemford" is nearby to Duns. The kirk at Ellemford was destroyed a hundred years ago and now all that remains are a few grave stones. I'm being picky I know but you'd think they could get it right.
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It would seem that VisitScotland is having difficulty in sorting out which of our historic buildings are still in existence. They recently informed the folk in Earlston that they couldn't have a sign for Rhymers Tower because signs were only put up for those buildings still in existence! Perhaps the tower was wearing its cloak of invisibility the last time VisitScotland looked.
Maybe if we had a local tourist organization we might get accurate information being disseminated instead of the nonsense we're having to put up with at the moment.
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