Making good neighbours

[shewhomust]

As Northern Ireland attempts not to strangle itself in borders which it is solemnly agreed do not exist, and as Gibraltar quietly enters the Schengen area and hopes the British press won't notice, I love this story of France and Belgium agreeing not to argue about the border (so long as the farmer who moved the marker puts it back where it belongs). It reminds me of a happy holiday walking (mostly) in the Palatinate Forest in Germany, where one day's walk ended with an overnight stay in France, and another included a gentle downhill stroll criss-crossing a trail of low red sandstone blocks marking the border between the Palatinate Forest and the forêt des Vosges...