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  1. Late afternoon dog walk. I love this view, looking across north Northumberland to the Borders and the three peaks of the Eildon.

    On those distant slopes, Thomas the Rhymer met the fairy queen (or 'queen of an unco' land' as she was in the oldest version we have) and went with her into the hills.

    There, many years later, Canobie Dick tried and failed to wake the sleeping King Arthur in a torchlit chamber under the same hills.

    A landmark visible from virtually every raised point in the whole region and easily identifiable, no wonder it was used as the site of a Bronze and later Iron Age settlement, then the Roman fort of Trimontium, and went down in legend as a place of magic and mystery.

    #Northumberland #ScottishBorders #Folklore #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #EildonHills #History #LandscapeHistory @folklore

  2. Late afternoon dog walk. I love this view, looking across north Northumberland to the Borders and the three peaks of the Eildon.

    On those distant slopes, Thomas the Rhymer met the fairy queen (or 'queen of an unco' land' as she was in the oldest version we have) and went with her into the hills.

    There, many years later, Canobie Dick tried and failed to wake the sleeping King Arthur in a torchlit chamber under the same hills.

    A landmark visible from virtually every raised point in the whole region and easily identifiable, no wonder it was used as the site of a Bronze and later Iron Age settlement, then the Roman fort of Trimontium, and went down in legend as a place of magic and mystery.

    #Northumberland #ScottishBorders #Folklore #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #EildonHills #History #LandscapeHistory @folklore

  3. Late afternoon dog walk. I love this view, looking across north Northumberland to the Borders and the three peaks of the Eildon.

    On those distant slopes, Thomas the Rhymer met the fairy queen (or 'queen of an unco' land' as she was in the oldest version we have) and went with her into the hills.

    There, many years later, Canobie Dick tried and failed to wake the sleeping King Arthur in a torchlit chamber under the same hills.

    A landmark visible from virtually every raised point in the whole region and easily identifiable, no wonder it was used as the site of a Bronze and later Iron Age settlement, then the Roman fort of Trimontium, and went down in legend as a place of magic and mystery.

    #Northumberland #ScottishBorders #Folklore #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #EildonHills #History #LandscapeHistory @folklore

  4. Late afternoon dog walk. I love this view, looking across north Northumberland to the Borders and the three peaks of the Eildon.

    On those distant slopes, Thomas the Rhymer met the fairy queen (or 'queen of an unco' land' as she was in the oldest version we have) and went with her into the hills.

    There, many years later, Canobie Dick tried and failed to wake the sleeping King Arthur in a torchlit chamber under the same hills.

    A landmark visible from virtually every raised point in the whole region and easily identifiable, no wonder it was used as the site of a Bronze and later Iron Age settlement, then the Roman fort of Trimontium, and went down in legend as a place of magic and mystery.

    #Northumberland #ScottishBorders #Folklore #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #EildonHills #History #LandscapeHistory @folklore

  5. Late afternoon dog walk. I love this view, looking across north Northumberland to the Borders and the three peaks of the Eildon.

    On those distant slopes, Thomas the Rhymer met the fairy queen (or 'queen of an unco' land' as she was in the oldest version we have) and went with her into the hills.

    There, many years later, Canobie Dick tried and failed to wake the sleeping King Arthur in a torchlit chamber under the same hills.

    A landmark visible from virtually every raised point in the whole region and easily identifiable, no wonder it was used as the site of a Bronze and later Iron Age settlement, then the Roman fort of Trimontium, and went down in legend as a place of magic and mystery.

    #Northumberland #ScottishBorders #Folklore #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #EildonHills #History #LandscapeHistory @folklore

  6. Rainbow over Eildon Mid Hill, a year ago. It was unbelievably windy up on the tops.

    There's a Bronze Age cairn on the upper slopes of Eildon Mid Hill, and an Iron Age hillfort on Eildon Hill North (on the right).

    #Borders #EildonHills #Rainbow #Scotland #BronzeAge #Hillfort

  7. Rainbow over Eildon Mid Hill, a year ago. It was unbelievably windy up on the tops.

    There's a Bronze Age cairn on the upper slopes of Eildon Mid Hill, and an Iron Age hillfort on Eildon Hill North (on the right).

    #Borders #EildonHills #Rainbow #Scotland #BronzeAge #Hillfort

  8. Rainbow over Eildon Mid Hill, a year ago. It was unbelievably windy up on the tops.

    There's a Bronze Age cairn on the upper slopes of Eildon Mid Hill, and an Iron Age hillfort on Eildon Hill North (on the right).

    #Borders #EildonHills #Rainbow #Scotland #BronzeAge #Hillfort

  9. Rainbow over Eildon Mid Hill, a year ago. It was unbelievably windy up on the tops.

    There's a Bronze Age cairn on the upper slopes of Eildon Mid Hill, and an Iron Age hillfort on Eildon Hill North (on the right).

    #Borders #EildonHills #Rainbow #Scotland #BronzeAge #Hillfort

  10. Rainbow over Eildon Mid Hill, a year ago. It was unbelievably windy up on the tops.

    There's a Bronze Age cairn on the upper slopes of Eildon Mid Hill, and an Iron Age hillfort on Eildon Hill North (on the right).

    #Borders #EildonHills #Rainbow #Scotland #BronzeAge #Hillfort

  11. Borders Abbeys Way Day 5

    Hartwoodmyres Wood to Tweedbank (11.5 mi / 18.5 km) Day 5 location Day 5 map <<< >>> Unusually for a final night of a long-distance walk, especially in such a poorly pitched tent, I slept very well. My mind felt as clear as the monks and priests who had once lived in the abbeys that I had visited on my five-day trek. However, the time to return to the real world was fast approaching, so I packed up shortly after sunrise and carefully navigated back over the barbed wire to the farm track […]

    deananderton.com/2023/09/26/bo

  12. Borders Abbeys Way Day 1

    Tweedbank to Magdalenehall (12 mi / 19 km) Day 1 location Day 1 map <<< >>> The sleeper train arrived at Edinburgh slightly delayed, but I was in no particular rush, so it was of little concern. I had slept fairly well scrunched up in my seat, although I still felt almost as exhausted as before; a constant malaise that I had been feeling recently. Attempting to shake myself awake, I made the long walk along the platform to board the same local train that I had taken on St Cuthbert’s […]

    deananderton.com/2023/09/22/bo

  13. Walkers Are Welcome Town - Melrose

    Melrose is a small town in the central Borders situated at the foot of the Eildon Hills, close to the river Tweed. It has excellent visitor facilities and the local path network provides the perfect opportunity to explore the surrounding landscape and it’s many historical connections together with our paths booklet.

    walkersarewelcome.org.uk/waw-t

    #WalkersAreWelcome #Melrose #RiverTweed #EildonHills #Borders #Scotland #Hiking #Mountains #Walking #Ramble

  14. Walkers Are Welcome Town - Melrose

    Melrose is a small town in the central Borders situated at the foot of the Eildon Hills, close to the river Tweed. It has excellent visitor facilities and the local path network provides the perfect opportunity to explore the surrounding landscape and it’s many historical connections together with our paths booklet.

    walkersarewelcome.org.uk/waw-t

    #WalkersAreWelcome #Melrose #RiverTweed #EildonHills #Borders #Scotland #Hiking #Mountains #Walking #Ramble

  15. Walkers Are Welcome Town - Melrose

    Melrose is a small town in the central Borders situated at the foot of the Eildon Hills, close to the river Tweed. It has excellent visitor facilities and the local path network provides the perfect opportunity to explore the surrounding landscape and it’s many historical connections together with our paths booklet.

    walkersarewelcome.org.uk/waw-t

    #WalkersAreWelcome #Melrose #RiverTweed #EildonHills #Borders #Scotland #Hiking #Mountains #Walking #Ramble

  16. Walkers Are Welcome Town - Melrose

    Melrose is a small town in the central Borders situated at the foot of the Eildon Hills, close to the river Tweed. It has excellent visitor facilities and the local path network provides the perfect opportunity to explore the surrounding landscape and it’s many historical connections together with our paths booklet.

    walkersarewelcome.org.uk/waw-t

    #WalkersAreWelcome #Melrose #RiverTweed #EildonHills #Borders #Scotland #Hiking #Mountains #Walking #Ramble

  17. Walkers Are Welcome Town - Melrose

    Melrose is a small town in the central Borders situated at the foot of the Eildon Hills, close to the river Tweed. It has excellent visitor facilities and the local path network provides the perfect opportunity to explore the surrounding landscape and it’s many historical connections together with our paths booklet.

    walkersarewelcome.org.uk/waw-t

    #WalkersAreWelcome #Melrose #RiverTweed #EildonHills #Borders #Scotland #Hiking #Mountains #Walking #Ramble