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Woolen Mill
After lunch we drove to the town of Galashiels to visit Lochcarron of...
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Loom Weaving Stewart Tartan
The tour took about an hour and we were able to see all the steps to...
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Making a Kilt
Here is the final step as one of the workers irons the pleats in to a kilt.
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The Finished Products
Lo and behold..... the finished product!
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Scott's View
The triple peaks of the Eildon Hills are the most distinctive single...
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The Group at Scott's View
The Eildon Hills, the remains of volcanic activity, have been occupied in the...
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Smailholm Tower
Before calling it quits for the day we stopped at Smailholm tower...
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View From Smailholm Tower
Set on a rocky ridge in moorland, the tower house has four storeys and...
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White Swan Hotel in Alnwick
We'd seen a lot this day and we were all happy to reach the town...
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Market in Alnwick
The bustling town of Alnwick (pronounced "Annick") is located in...
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Alnwick Street
Alnwick has a fine market square, surrounded with piazzas. One of the...
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Alnwick Castle
There is an ancient castle here... the seat of the Duke of Northumberland....
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The Olympic Room
We ate dinner that night in the Olympic Room where the original oak...
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Lindisfarne Causeway
The next morning we visited Lindisfarne, The Holy Island. It can only...
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Mainland from Lindisfarne
This historic island lies just off the extreme Northeast corner of...
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Street in Lindisfarne
Holy Island was the site of a Christian priory established by St Aidan in 653...
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Lindesfarne Gospels
Written in Latin, the book contains the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke...
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Lindisfarne Abbey, Graveyard and Castle
Perhaps most famous for it's history, Holy Island was the place where...
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Lindisfarne Parish Church
The priory is now in ruins, but the newer abbey church is still intact.
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Doorway In Lindisfarne
In the summer months the island is very popular with visitors, who...
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Chillingham Gate
After lunch we visited a unique herd of wild cattle in the park at...
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Chillingham Guide
The cows are truly wild, and potentially dangerous, so must be...
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Chillingham Cows
Scientists have found that this herd of inbred feral cows is almost...
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Chillingham
This was not an easy walk!!! We must have trudged over a mile to see the cows...
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Group at Craigside
Later in the afternoon we stopped at Cragside, a Victorian Mansion...
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Warkworth Castle
The legacy of the Border wars of the 14th-16th centuries has resulted in...
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Fireplaces in the Kitchen
In the past Warkworth Castle was a fortified residence, a great castle, and a...
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Estuary
The castle was built during the first part of the 12th century on a hill...
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Newcastle Shipyards
On the last day in The Borders, we drove to Newcastle to catch the...
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Segedunum
We had some time before our train left so we stopped at a new £9 million...
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Segedunum Fort
In 122AD the Emperor Hadrian ordered a mighty frontier system to be...
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Hadrian's Wall
There is a reconstructed section of Hadrian's Wall about one...
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Newcastle Train Station
We got on our bus again after visiting the museum and drove a short...
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Leaving Steve in Newcastle
Steve, our wonderful driver, seemed almost as sad to leave us as we were to...
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