Little is known of the life of Selkirk’s Isabella Tamson, known as “Tibbie”. A woman of simple mind, in 1790 she…
The opening of the Borders Railway in 2015 may have restored rail service to the south-east of Scotland, yet a…
A peaceful walk in Borders woodland taking in an Iron Age fort and a ruined peel tower.
“Oft had he viewed, as morning rose, the bosom of the lonely Lowes”. So began the Borders poet James Hogg…
Deep in a glen in the Manor Hills lies tranquil Loch Eddy. Once a retreat for the upper echelons of…
A cairn built by the devil, two brothers on a hilltop, and a gamekeeper’s treasure are but some of the…
In search of a nice walk for a Sunday afternoon, I decided to visit the Minch Moor, once traversed by…