To many Scots the Borders region is more beautiful than the Highlands. But for some unaccountable reason it is often overlooked by tourists. And that is a great pity because the region offers an abundance of sky and light which spreads across a land of many contrasts. And no greater contrast exists than that between the peace and beauty of today and the deadly tumult of its bloody past.
It is this history and the splendour of its moors and great rivers (the Tweed, Yarrow, Ettrick and Teviot), that have moulded some of Scotland’s greatest sons: men such as Sir Walter Scott, John Buchan (author of The Thirty-Nine Steps) and James Hogg, many of whom were influenced by the land and the oral tradition of its people’s historical ballads. You should see the Borders at least once in your life, to appreciate it and its friendly inhabitants. |
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