A GUIDE TO THE SCOTTISH BORDERS - Four years ago we left Trinidad in the warm Caribbean, and migrated to Scotland to the Border area of Eildon, Walter Scott (of Ivanhoe and Rob Roy fame) lived here. Its a beautiful area, varying from soft rolling hills with hidden valleys, to rough moorland high up and bleak. Its quiet and calm here and we love it. This blog will be my diary of our adventures and our recommendations of places to visit and eat and explore.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Borders Abbeys
The area we live in is the heart of the tourist area known as the Borders Abbeys. This is a group of Abbey ruins in Kelso (free), Jedburgh (free), Melrose (charge), Dryburgh (charge). They are intimately associated with the perambulations of St Cuthbert and early churchman who supposedly had a regular walking route around the Abbeys and from thence to Holy Island some 60 miles away. They are all lovely. Melrose Abbey has the heart of Robert the Bruce in a silver box so has special significance for Scots. Dryburgh has Walter Scott interred. They are all worth a visit, and the link below is to a site which describes them and a good walk around the area.
Borders Abbey Way
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