by Mark Nicol | Sep 6, 2022 | Videos
Lock the Door Lariston is a poem written in the early 1800’s by James Hogg the Ettrick Shepherd. The poem is a homage to the far older Border Ballads, but for me it really captures the mood and intensity of that writing. have a... 
by Mark Nicol | Aug 7, 2022 | Videos
Of all Sir Walter Scott’s Border Ballads “The Douglas Tragedy” is the only one with an exact geographical location in the story. But the places in this stirring romantic tragedy have been lost to the sands of time. Today I go looking for them, in the beautiful... 
by Mark Nicol | Dec 15, 2021 | Videos
Johnnie Armstrong was one of the most notorious of all the Border Reivers. But there is still debate as to where Johnnie’s home and tower were. I go searching around the Esk at Gilnknockie for clues to this important and elusive site… ... 
by Mark Nicol | Dec 9, 2021 | Videos
Searching for Druid Stone Circles in the remotest parts of the Tweed Valley… ... 
by Mark Nicol | Nov 28, 2021 | Videos
Ever wondered if any of your wild Border Reiver ancestors were descendants of the Vikings? Join me as I search for evidence of these Norse raiders and settlers in the Borderlands…. ...
