Welcome to a Look Around
"My Scottish Borders"
G is for:
A GREEN and Pleasant Land
Much of the Scottish Borders landscape is one of small towns and villages amidst rolling hills - the Cheviots, Moorfoots, Lammermuirs - and valleys such as Tweeddale, Liddesdale, Teviotdale, Lauderdale, Ettrick and Yarrow - all names that roll off the tongue. Scenery that creates a GREEN and pleasant land.
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| Looking across to the triple Eildon Hills - the iconic image of the Borders |
Looking across to the Ettrick Valley
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| Foothills of the Chgviots, nar Towford |
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| A hill road out of Hawick, the biggest town in the Borders. |
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| Looking towards the White Hill in Earlston, Berwickshire |
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| Cowdenknowes Wood, near Earlton, Berwickshire |
Some more fascinating facts on the Scottish Borders
- The name of Galashiels, is derived from "shiels" or "shieling" meaning settlement - by the Gala Water. As the second biggest town in the Borders, it owed its growth, like Hawick to the development of the textile industry. At
the London Great Exhibition of 1851, Galashiels firms were the largest
exhibitors in the textile section'.
The Galashiels Manufacturer's Corporation was founded in 1776 by ten mill owners, to assist the further development of the woollen trade in the town. Its distinctive badge features a sheep and the motto "We Dye to Live" and "Live to Die".
Follow the next stage of this A-Z journey through the Scottish Borders
H is for:
Hermitage Castle and Hawick
The Scottish Borders
The old counties of Berwickshire, Peeblesshire, Roxburghshire & Selkirkshire
Do take a look at earlier posts in "My Scottish Borders
A-Z Challenge Preview
A-Z Challenge A - Abbeys,Abbotsford and Armstrongs
A-Z Challenge B - Border Reivers, Border Ballads and Blackmail
A-Z Challenge A - Abbeys,Abbotsford and Armstrongs
A-Z Challenge B - Border Reivers, Border Ballads and Blackmail
A-Z Challenge C - Common Ridings and Carter Bar
A-Z Challenge D - Dryburgh Abbey, Duns Scotus and The Douglas Tragedy
A-Z Challenge E - Elliots, Earlston, Enigma Hero and Eyemouth Tart
A-Z Challenge F - Flodden, Fletcher and Flowers of the Forest
A-Z Challenge F - Flodden, Fletcher and Flowers of the Forest
Your photos are a terrible tease, Sue! They make me want to plan a trip. If only ....
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