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    Greenknowe Tower: A Fortified House in the Scottish Borders

    Map adapted from a Scottish Borders map found in Scotland An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes David Munro Bruce Gettings RSGS Royal Scottish Geographical Society 2006

    It was the end of a grey and rainy summer day when we arrived at Greenknowe Tower, half a mile west of the village of [...]

    It’s All About Scottish Cows..

    Moo… meuh…!  ;-)

    Mairiuna, as I stumbled upon Animoto’s website and discovered that a fun video could be created in just a few easy steps , I could not resist to sign up for an account ( they offer Free, Basic and Pro Accounts ) and experiment making a short video with pictures and video clips.

    Since [...]

    Smailholm Tower: A Walter Scott Trail Landmark In The Scottish Borders

    Smailholm Tower © 2007 Scotiana

    By the green hill and clear blue heaven. It was a barren scene, and wild, Where naked cliff’s were rudely piled; But ever and anon between Lay velvet tufts of loveliest green; And well the lonely infant knew Recesses where the wall-flower grew, And honey-suckle loved to [...]

    The Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club

    ‘I have read all Walter Scott’s novels at least fifty times’

    (Byron)

    While we are longing to go back to Scotland, our quest for the author of the Waverley novels, which began in 2000 with the visit of Abbotsford, has never ceased to go on [...]