The South & Borders
The
Scottish Borders, less than an hour's drive from Edinburgh, is an area of
tranquil villages, bustling textile towns and varied scenery. Visitors can
enjoy a wide range of
 attractions,
including many magnificent, privately owned historic houses, great Border
abbeys, telling their own tale of Border feuds with England, and working
woolen mills and craft workshops.The spirit of self-reliance and pride
in the community here is nowhere better expressed than in the Border Common
Ridings. These annual events in early summer recall times when community
boundaries had to be protected from invaders. Now they are great
celebrations of horsemanship. The town of Selkirk claims that itsCommon
Riding is the largest mounted gathering anywhere in Europe. Just north of the border, Paxton House is a handsome mansion with a picture gallery which is part of the National Galleries of Scotland. Floors Castle, on theedge of Kelso, is said to be the largest  inhabited home in Scotland.The Romans also passed this way. They named their main camp Trimontium, as it lay below the triple-peaked Eildon Hills near Melrose.  The Trimontium Exhibition in this handsome
little town tells the story of the Roman occupation.The birthplace of Robert Burns the world famous Scottish poet can be found in nearby Alloway. |
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