by Mark Nicol | Oct 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
Standing in the grounds of the Peebles Hydro Hotel, you can’t help but notice it — that distinctive cone-shaped hill rising beyond the rooftops, its craggy summit catching the changing light. Whether viewed from the High Street or the surrounding valleys, Newby Kipps... 
by Genscu | Oct 6, 2025 | Bloggings
Introduction Picture the rolling green hills and misty moorlands of southern Scotland nearly two thousand years ago. In these Borderlands, long before medieval castles and clans, lived a proud Iron Age people known as the Selgovae. Little-known today, the Selgovae (a... 
by Genscu | Jul 7, 2025 | Bloggings
The Scottish Borders – a largely rural, sparsely populated region along Scotland’s southern frontier – played its own unique role on the British home front in World War II. Though far from the main battlefields, life in towns like Hawick, Galashiels and Kelso was... 
by Mark Nicol | Jun 9, 2025 | Videos
📍 The Only Scottish Town in England – Should Berwick Come Home? 🎥 Watch the full video on YouTube 🏰 A Town Torn Between Two Nations Berwick-upon-Tweed — a place of charm, battle, identity, and contradiction. Straddling the borderlands between England and Scotland,... 
by Mark Nicol | Jun 8, 2025 | Videos
👀 A man stands in silence beneath the towering statue of William Wallace, gazing out over the rolling hills of the Scottish Borders. The air is still, but the land speaks — of battles, borders, and a bravery that still echoes through time. 🗿 This enormous statue of...