Angus Aitken

“I have been thinking about Chris the past couple of days and the special time we spent together working to build the Hands Across The Border Cairn in Gretna. Irn Bru in hand, he worked intensively and found a way through whatever mad situation we found ourselves in. I thought about how passionately he believed in the cause, reflected in the fact that your whole family represents a microcosm of what it means to come from heritage scattered across these islands. There were more relaxed times as well, when we'd take an afternoon off and go exploring the estuaries of the coast, or sneak in to the swimming pool of the house whose grounds we were staying in to live like kings, even if just for one day. And that we basically lived like squatters in that little shed on mattresses on the floor! And how we were so ecstatic at the end, believing that he and I had done our little bit. What a time, and what a cause, and what a man.”