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 Mark Nicol | Dec 4, 2020 | Videos
I go looking for frightening False Widow spiders in an ancient ruined castle in the Scottish Borders. It’s not every day you go spider hunting in a haunted castle. But that’s exactly what happened when I heard whispers of venomous spiders lurking in the shadows... 
by Mark Nicol | Sep 20, 2020 | Videos
The Hill, Lee Pen greets me every morning as I leave my new home, so I just had to climb it. Join me as I scramble up in the pitch dark to reach the summit before sunrise. (It gets dark in the middle of the film, but stick with it as scenery near the end is... 
by Mark Nicol | Mar 11, 2020 | Videos
Evidence of big cats in the Scottish Borders?? You decide… While most people in Scotland are keeping a wary eye on the weather or debating the next referendum, a few of us are looking for something much more elusive—big cats. Yes, you read that right. Not just... 
by Mark Nicol | Jun 19, 2019 | Videos
Managed to get film of this deer in Gala...