> > Thanks for your note. If anyone asks you anxiously about our raging Foot & > Mouth disease epidemic, you can tell them that it has not reached anywhere > near Aberdeen (though people should keep well away from our homeland in > Dumfriesshire), tourist attractions are open more or less as normal, the > disease does not affect humans and all meat is perfectly safe to eat. I > will of course give anyone who asks an update on the situation, but in > general people should not be scared off - all that is needed is to avoid > walking over farm-land. > > Roger For anyone interested they should check out the official Dumfries and Galloway council website. http://www.dumgal.gov.uk/footandmouth/ It is certainly a horrible situation. If you check out the map you will see how close this has hit to the farms of our ancestors. There are several in the Beattock/Kirkpatrick Juxta area. -- Sheila Hale http://members.home.net/cshale/