Local torch ties

It has been good to see enthusiastic support for the arrival of the Olympic torch in Scotland and I hope to see it being carried through my home village of Greenlaw in Berwickshire next Thursday afternoon.

However, I find it bewildering and very sad that apparently for most of its journey around the UK it is not being carried through each community by local residents.

I believe the torch bearers in Greenlaw will be from Tranent and Hexham!

Michael Hogg

Kirkcaldy, Fife