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Jim Clark Museum in the Scottish Borders

Friends of Monteath Mausoleum turn back time

Lock of Napoleon’s hair rediscovered at Abbotsford

Salmon fishing in the Scottish Borders

Saddle up for the ridings

August 12, 2020 By David Pike Leave a Comment

Saddle up for the ridings – Since the beginning of the 16th century the Common Ridings have formed an integral part of Scottish Borders tradition.  Common Riding is a celebration that involves townsfolk in a grand ‘ride-out’ on horse-back around the town and its historic boundaries. It dates back to a time when they needed […]

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Feel the quality on the Scottish Borders Cashmere Trail

August 12, 2020 By David Pike Leave a Comment

Feel the quality on the Scottish Borders Cashmere Trail – There’s a soft side to the Scottish Borders – a very soft side that has brought international fame and wealth to the region for over 150 years. The Borders is renowned as the home of cashmere, a luxury fashion item that owes its success to […]

Filed Under: Hawick, Lead, Trips and Trails, Uncategorized Tagged With: Hawick, Scottish Borders, Scottish Borders Cashmere Trail, Selkirk

Hermitage Castle – a study in belligerence

August 12, 2020 By David Pike Leave a Comment

Hermitage Castle – a study in belligerence – Hermitage Castle in the Liddlesdale Valley was once described as the embodiment of ‘sod off’ in stone. It’s a wonderful description. Take a walk around its walls, still standing four-square against all-comers amid wild and remote countryside, and it’s obvious this structure was built to defy. What’s […]

Filed Under: Historic Borders, Lead Tagged With: Hermitage Castle, Liddlesdale Valley, Scottish Borders

A long way from Rome

August 12, 2020 By David Pike Leave a Comment

A long way from Rome – It might have been the extreme edge of Empire, home to the farthest flung frontier outposts, but the Romans certainly left a size -12 sandal print on the borderlands of Northumberland and Scotland. The man we have to thank is Gnaeus Julius Agricola, and while he might not be […]

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Hawick – a rich tapestry of Border traditions

July 6, 2020 By David Pike Leave a Comment

Hawick – a rich tapestry of Border traditions – In its heyday Hawick hummed and thrummed to the rhythm of over 50 textile mills. The fortuitous meeting of Slitrig Water and the River Teviot helped power the water wheels that brought astonishing industrial growth to the town, know the world over for its high class […]

Filed Under: Hawick, Lead Tagged With: Bill MacLaren, Hawick, Scottish Borders

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Welcome to the brilliant borderlands

Welcome to the brilliant borderlands – Before it was finally anchored on the English side of the border with Scotland, Berwick-upon-Tweed changed hands no less than 13 times. Some 530 or so years later, the good folk of Berwick still lean to the north – by a margin of 60-40% – if local polls are […]

Havens of stone in the Scottish Borders

Havens of stone in the Scottish Borders – The number of stone keeps and peel towers scattered across the Borders landscape are testament to the turbulent times that ebbed and flowed through the region for hundreds of years. One of the best preserved is Smailholm Tower in the Scottish Borders, a defiant landmark built on […]

Step into borders history

Step into borders history – If you enjoy history and exploring times gone by you will love the Borders. Northumberland and the Scottish Borders was the most fought over land in Britain as the crossed swords marking local battlefields on maps of the region will show. From the earliest times, when Agricola marched his Roman […]

Wallace stands tall in the Scottish Borders.

Wallace stands tall in the Scottish Borders – There may be as much Hollywood as there is historical fact in Mel Gibson’s ‘Braveheart’ but it does nothing to diminish the stature of Scotland’s national hero, Sir William Wallace. To the English he was an outlaw and murderer while in Scotland he is credited with laying […]

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Scottish Borders on track for new opportunities

Scottish Borders on track for new opportunities – The Campaign for Borders Rail has received a top level boost following a meeting with Scotland Office minister, Iain Stewart MP. He confirmed the UK Government’s support for the project and gave a commitment to drive the plans forward with his ministerial colleagues. It was revealed that […]

Scottish Borders push for a national park

Scottish Borders push for a national park – A Borders National Park could provide an important post-Covid boost for the Scottish Borders region. The campaign to create seven national parks across Scotland – including one in the Borders – is expected to take on a new urgency now that a return to normality is in […]

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