"I am in Dumfries.
'It's a smallish town,’ Martin says, as we walk to the pub, ‘its bid to be seen as a city, failed.’
‘Oh dear,’ I say.
I don’t tell him that I’d read the nickname of the city is the Queen of the South. I’ll save it for later as there’s an easy laugh to be had, and as it’s my first visit to his, we may have some awkward moments that need lightening...."
