Riders return
After a 63 year absence, the Edinburgh Riding of the Marches is coming back to Edinburgh.
The event, which will take place on 6 September, will see 250 horses and riders make their way from Tower Farm stables in the Braid Hills into the city and up the Royal Mile to the Mercat Cross.
The Riding of the Marches was originally held between 1579 and 1718, the purpose of which was to inspect the common land and boundary markers of the city.
The principal riders leading the event in September will be known as the Edinburgh Captain and his first and second officers. As well as the opportunity for local riders to participate, riders from other towns are expected to take part.
In 1946 there was a one-off Riding of the Marches in Edinburgh to celebrate the end of the war but it has not been repeated since.