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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

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 […]

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Hawick distillery has designs on excellence

July 7, 2020 By David Pike Leave a Comment

Hawick distillery has designs on excellence – The Borders Distillery in Hawick is back in celebratory mode after landing a second major award. It has been listed alongside the best in the Scottish Borders in the Borders Building Design Awards for 2018. The distillery building’s eye catching restoration, led by architects Gray Macpherson of Edinburgh, […]

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Hawick a perfect choice to revive whisky tradition

July 7, 2020 By David Pike Leave a Comment

Hawick a perfect choice to revive whisky tradition – In a town built on solid and stirring traditions, the Hawick community jumped at the chance to stick a new feather in its Scottish Borders bonnet. Internationally renowned for the manufacture of high quality textiles, Hawick is now at the heart of restoring a Borders tradition […]

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Heart of Hawick

July 7, 2020 By David Pike Leave a Comment

Heart of Hawick – The oldest part of town is aptly home to the flagship Heart of Hawick development. It comprises the Heritage Hub, repository of ancient documents and records from the Borders, and a superb visitor centre that incorporates a bistro cafe, tourist information desk, a cinema and theatre. It is also a popular […]

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Dark days in Hawick

July 7, 2020 By David Pike Leave a Comment

Dark days in Hawick – On a fine day it’s a pleasure to sit and watch the river Teviot and Slitrig Water come together at Hawick to start the next stage of a journey seawards. Having drawn a zest for life from the high hills of the Borders they join forces a few yards upstream […]

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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 […]

Borderlines

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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