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.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Berwick Walls
My wife and I took advantage of the wonderful weather on New Years Day 2013 to walk right around Berwick upon Tweed ancient walls. Built in Elizabethan times these walls dominate the town. Its a lovely but windy walk of about 1.5 miles on good ground well maintained. There are impressive views of both the town and the water, from the mouth of the Tweed to the sea. During the walk one sees the scale of fortifications with hidden gun emplacements set to rake invaders from the sides as they supposedly stormed the walls. Unfortunately for the English builders any Scots with ideas of invading England just ignored Berwick and drove down through the land side. The fortifications were never tested.
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