A Crossmichael man has published his first book – 11 years after the historic trek which inspired it.
John Nelson made national headlines in 2011 when he retraced the remarkable pursuit 200 years previously of a horse thief by his great-great-great-grandfather John Kerr.
Now John, 76, who farms with his son Andrew at Cogarth and lives at Spearford outside the village, has finally brought to print the tale about his epic journey.
