Hey guys any ideas to this fascinating tale?

An anorak is presumably defined here as someone who both
a) knows more about their subject than I do, and
b) is rather less naïve when it comes to bar stories and the quality of non-specialist reporting of specialist subjects.

I’m sure we’d all love to find a lost Spitfire in the Borders (or anywhere else… or in my case a Halifax) but the probability of such an event is miniscule. Calling people names doesn’t help.

Would you walk into a bar you had never been to before and start insulting all the strangers present based on a single overheard conversation?

No-one is impugning the character of the author, and certainly not calling him names. This is an established and often quite erudite forum, and behind the sometimes daft user names and ‘banter’ are some respected and very non-anoraky contributors.

There is a degree of cynicism which will be applied by those who.. to be frank.. have heard so many stories like this one, but nothing personal is meant! There’s a chance, but I imagine you can tell by the responses of those who do know their subject – and many here do – it is seen as a miniscule one. I hope that the original poster will understand.

Hi I am from Selkirk in the Borders now living in Canada, I know the author of this article , he was and still is a respected member of that community
I find it awful some comments on this forum.
I think he is right about the anoraks on here.