Sir Walter Scott - Well what can one say about this man that has'nt been said before. No man has ever loved his country,area and home more than Sir. Walter Scott and he made the borders worthy of note with his poems and books. He said and I quote : Breathes there the man, with soul so dead. whoever to himself said, this is my own, my native land. My wife and I visited Selkirk where he was High Sherrif for 30 Years. Abbortsford, where he lived, his favourite view (named Scotts View) and Dryburgh Abbey where he was laid to rest.