Scottish Borders photo of the day: doorway to dreamland
The crazy fantasy castle of Abbotsford, former home of writer Walter Scott, through the door of a greenhouse in the gardens.
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Scottish Borders photo of the day: modes of transport
How to get around the rugged borderlands…
Scottish Border photo of the day: Melrose place
Robert the Bruce’s heart is buried here. Just his heart. Cool.
Scottish Border photo of the day: wotchyer lookin’ at?
One of the denizens of Traquair House…
Scottish Borders photo of the day: over the hedge
Traquair House, the oldest inhabited building in Scotland…
Scottish Borders photo of the day: Walter Scott slept here
Well, I don’t know for sure if he slept here. But I bet he napped here once in a while.
Scottish Borders photo of the day: Smailholm Tower
It sounds like something out of Tolkien, and it looks like the last lonely outpost on Mars.
Scottish Borders photo of the day: mysterious statue
I was totally captivated by this work of art — of a woman, nearly life-size, enshrouded — in the village of St. Boswell’s…
Scottish Borders photo of the day: poor deluded Felix
A Roman soldier who doesn’t realize he’s the invader…
Scottish Borders photo of the day: teacher told us the Romans built this place
Then their empire crumbled till all that was left were the stones the workmen found.
