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 […]
Step into borders history
Coldstream – on the frontline of Scottish Borders history
Coldstream – on the frontline of Scottish Borders history – It is eminently fitting that the town of Coldstream brings the curtain down on the Borders’ famous annual ridings season. Tradition, community spirit and a collective celebration of Scottish Borders life are all integral to the Common Ridings, but one theme dominates all the others, […]
