Our afternoon began with a lovely lunch at the Birdhouse Tearoom, Woodside Garden Centre near Ancrum. Following lunch we walked part of St. Cuthbert’s Way then climbed Peniel Heugh to the Waterloo Monument. It was a beautiful sunny day, therefore the views of the Scottish Borders from the top of the monument were amazing. After [...]
May 10, 2013 | Categories: Ancestral Tours, Ancrum, Borders, Borders Journeys, Eildon Hills, Flora and fauna, Group Tours, Guided Tours, History & Culture, Individual Tours, Marquis of Lothian, Monteviot House, Organised Tours, Peniel Heugh, Private Tours, Scottish Borders, St. Cuthbert's Way, Waterloo Monument, Woodside Garden Centre, Year of Natural Scotland 2013 | Comments Off
Scottish Borders Tourism Partnership at VisitScotland Expo 2013 L-R Phil McCreadie (Business Gateway), Kara ter Morsche (Gunsgeen House) & Ian Walker (Borders Journeys) Backround L-R Louise Rattray (Roxburghe Estate) & Susan Reid (Roxburghe House & Golf Course) Missing Bill Drew (Tweed Guide) Last week Borders Journeys exhibited for the first time at VisitScotland Expo in [...]
Apr 23, 2013 | Categories: 1513, 2013, Abbotsford, Alnwick, Alnwick Castle, Ancestral Research, Ancestral Tours, Ancestral Welcome Registered, Bamburgh, Bamburgh Castle, Battle of Bannockburn, Battle of Flodden, Bear Gates, Berwickshire, Biggar, Bill Drew, Borders, Borders Family History Society, Borders Journeys, Bowhill, Brave, Braveheart, Cashmere, Castles, CNN names Scotland as world's top destination, Cockburnspath, Coldingham, Coldingham Priory, Coldstream, Commonwealth Games, Cove, Cove Harbour, Creative Scotland, Dawyck, Drumlanrig Castle, Dryburgh Abbey, Dryburgh Abbey Hotel, Dumfries House, Dumfries House Coach House Café, Dumfriesshire, Duns, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Eildon Hills, Eskdalemuir, Ettrick, Ettrick Kirk, Ettrick Shepherd, Eyemouth, Facebook, Family History Research, Family History Tours, Farne Islands, Ferniehirst Castle, Flodden 500, Flodden Field, Floors Castle, Flora and fauna, Freedom of the Fairways Pass, Gardens, Gateway to Golf Pass, Genealogical Research, Glenkinchie Distillery, Golf Transport, Golfing in South of Scotland, Grey Mare's Tail, Group Tours, Guided Tours, Gungreen House, Hawick, Highland Games, History & Culture, Holy Island, Holy Island of Lindisfarne, Individual Tours, Innerleithen, James Bond, James Hogg, Jeannie, Jedburgh, Jedburgh Abbey, Jedburgh Castle Jail, John Adam, John Muir Festival, Johnston of Elgin, Kara ter Morsche, Kelso, Lauder, Leadhills, Lindisfarne, Lindisfarne Castle, Lindisfarne Priory, Linidsfarne Mead, Loch, Loch of the Lowes, Lochcarron, Manderston House, Mary Queen of Scots, Mellerstain House, Melrose, Melrose Abbey, Mertoun Gardens, Moffat, Monteviot House, Mungo Park, Museum, Neidpath Castle, Northumberland, Northumbrian Coast, Organised Tours, Paxton House, Peebles, Peeblesshire, Phil McCreadie, Prince Charles Edward Stuart, Private Tours, Queen Mary's House, Robert Adam, Robert the Bruce, Rosslyn Chapel, Ryder Cup, Sailing, Samye Ling Tibetan Centre, Scotland, Scotland urged to refocus on genealogy tourism, Scotland's Big 5, Scott's View, Scottish Borders, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Sir Walter Scott, Skyfall, Smailholm Tower, Soddin Flodden, St. Abbs, St. Mary's Loch, Stately Home, Stobo Kirk, Stunning Views, Tartan, Temple of the Muses, Textile, The Great Steward’s of Scotland’s Dumfries House Trust, Thirlestane Castle, Thomas Boston, Tibbie Shiels, Tours, Traquair, Traquair House, Traquair Shakespeare Festival, Travel GBI, Tweed Guide, Tweed Valley, Visitor Centre, VisitScotland, VisitScotland Expo 2013, Walkerburn, Wanlockhead, Will O'Phaup, William Adam, William Laidlaw, William Wallace, William Wallace Monument, Yarrow, Yarrow Valley, Year of Homecoming, Year of Natural Scotland 2013 | Comments Off
Guided tours with Borders Journeys Borders Journeys specialises in providing exclusive private and small group guided tours of the Scottish Borders, Dumfries & Galloway and Northumberland. Our range of luxury tours are a wonderful way to experience the beauty, history and culture of these unspoilt regions. Since our launch in 2012 we have developed a [...]
Mar 28, 2013 | Categories: 1513, 2013, 2014, Abbotsford, Alnwick, Alnwick Castle, Ancestral Research, Ancestral Tours, Ancestral Welcome Registered, Bamburgh, Bamburgh Castle, Battle of Bannockburn, Battle of Flodden, Bear Gates, Beauty, Berwickshire, Biggar, Blanket Preaching, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Borders, Borders Journeys, Bowhill, Branxton, Brave, Cashmere, Castles, Cockburnspath, Coldingham, Coldingham Priory, Coldstream, Commonwealth Games, Cove, Cove Harbour, Covenanters, Creative Scotland, Dawyck, Disney, Drumlanrig Castle, Dryburgh Abbey, Dumfries House, Dumfriesshire, Duns, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Eildon Hills, Eskdalemuir, Ettrick, Ettrick Kirk, Ettrick Shepherd, Eyemouth, Facebook, Family History Research, Family History Tours, Farne Islands, Ferniehirst Castle, Flodden 500, Flodden Field, Floors Castle, Flora and fauna, Ford & Etal, Forth Road Bridge, Freedom of the Fairways Pass, Galloway Country Fair, Gardens, Gateway to Golf Pass, Genealogical Research, Gertrude Jeckyll, Ghost Tours, Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Glasgow Transport Museum, Glencoe, Gleneagles, Glenkinchie Distillery, Golfing in South of Scotland, Grace Darling, Greenlaw, Gretna Green, Grey Mare's Tail, Group Tours, Guided Tours, Gungreen House, Harestanes Visitor Centre, Hawick, Highland Games, History & Culture, Holy Island, Holy Island of Lindisfarne, Hopetoun House, IDEOMS Theatre Group, Individual Tours, Innerleithen, Intarsia, James Bond, James Hogg, James Renwick, Jedburgh, Jedburgh Abbey, Jedburgh Castle Jail, John Adam, John Muir Day, John Muir Festival, Johnston of Elgin, Kelso, Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Kibble Palace, Lauder, Leadhills, Lindisfarne, Lindisfarne Castle, Lindisfarne Priory, Loch, Loch of the Lowes, Lochcarron, Lochmaben, Lockerbie, Lord Joicey, Manderston House, Mary Queen of Scots, Mellerstain House, Melrose, Melrose Abbey, Mertoun Gardens, Mill, Moffat, Monteviot House, Mungo Park, Museum, National Museum of Scotland, Neidpath Castle, Northumberland, Northumbrian Coast, Organised Tours, Paxton House, Peebles, Peeblesshire, Pencaitland, Philiphaugh Salmon Viewing Centre, Press Release, Private Tours, Queen Mary's House, Robert Adam, Rosslyn Chapel, Ryder Cup, Sailing, Samye Ling Tibetan Centre, Scotland, Scotland urged to refocus on genealogy tourism, Scotland's Big 5, Scott's View, Scottish Borders, Seahouses, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Sheep Dog Trial, Sir Walter Scott, Sirling Castle, Skyfall, Smailholm Pottery, Smailholm Tower, St. Abbs, St. Mary's Loch, St. Paul's Church, Stately Home, Stobo Kirk, Stunning Views, Tartan, Temple of the Muses, Textile, The Great Steward’s of Scotland’s Dumfries House Trust, Thirlestane Castle, Thomas Boston, Thomas Chippendale, Tibbie Shiels, Tours, Traquair, Traquair House, Traquair Shakespeare Festival, Tweed Valley, Twitter, Urquhart Castle, Visitor Centre, VisitScotland, Walkerburn, Wanlockhead, Weaving, Will O'Phaup, William Adam, William Laidlaw, William Wallace Monument, Yarrow, Yarrow Valley, Year of Homecoming, Year of Natural Scotland 2013 | Comments Off
Welcome to our 2013 Guided Tours Leaflet. All daily tours depart from Stance F (ZF) on Waterloo Place in Edinburgh or at an agreed pick-up point en-route. We organise private and group guided tours from Edinburgh, Scottish Borders and Dumfries & Galloway with departure points from a place of your choice. Each private guided tour [...]
Mar 18, 2013 | Categories: 1513, 2013, 2014, Abbotsford, Alnwick, Alnwick Castle, Ancestral Research, Ancestral Tours, Ancestral Welcome Registered, Bamburgh, Bamburgh Castle, Battle of Flodden, Bear Gates, Berwickshire, Biggar, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Borders, Borders Family History Society, Borders Journeys, Bowhill, Branxton, Brave, Cashmere, Castles, Cockburnspath, Coldingham, Coldingham Priory, Coldstream, Cove Harbour, Dawyck, Drumlanrig Castle, Dryburgh Abbey, Dryburgh Abbey Hotel, Dumfries House, Dumfries House Coach House Café, Dumfriesshire, East Lothian, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Eildon Hills, Eskdalemuir, Ettrick, Ettrick Kirk, Ettrick Shepherd, Eyemouth, Facebook, Family History Research, Family History Tours, Farne Islands, Ferniehirst Castle, Flodden 500, Flodden Field, Floors Castle, Flora and fauna, Ford & Etal, Gardens, Genealogical Research, Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Gleneagles, Glenkinchie Distillery, Gretna Green, Grey Mare's Tail, Group Tours, Guided Tours, Gungreen House, Highland Games, History & Culture, Holy Island, Holy Island of Lindisfarne, Individual Tours, Innerleithen, James Bond, James Hogg, Jedburgh, Jedburgh Abbey, Jedburgh Castle Jail, John Adam, Kelso, Lauder, Leadhills, Lindisfarne, Lindisfarne Castle, Lindisfarne Priory, Linidsfarne Mead, Loch, Loch of the Lowes, Manderston House, Mellerstain House, Melrose, Melrose Abbey, Mertoun Gardens, Mill, Moffat, Monteviot House, Mungo Park, Museum, Neidpath Castle, Northumberland, Northumbrian Coast, Organised Tours, Paxton House, Peebles, Peeblesshire, Private Tours, Queen Mary's House, Rosslyn Chapel, Ryder Cup, Sailing, Samye Ling Tibetan Centre, Scotland, Scotland urged to refocus on genealogy tourism, Scott's View, Scottish Borders, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Sheep Dog Trial, Sir Walter Scott, Skyfall, Smailholm Pottery, Smailholm Tower, St. Abbs, St. Mary's Loch, Stately Home, Stobo Kirk, Stunning Views, Tartan, Textile, The Great Steward’s of Scotland’s Dumfries House Trust, Thirlestane Castle, Thomas Boston, Thomas Chippendale, Tibbie Shiels, Tours, Traquair, Traquair House, Traquair Shakespeare Festival, Tweed Valley, Uncategorized, VisitScotland, Wanlockhead, Weaving, Will O'Phaup, William Adam, William Laidlaw, William Wallace Monument, Yarrow, Yarrow Valley, Year of Homecoming, Year of Natural Scotland 2013 | Comments Off
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Mar 14, 2013 | Categories: 1513, 2013, 2014, Abbotsford, Advert, Ancestral Research, Ancestral Tours, Ancestral Welcome Registered, Battle of Flodden, Bear Gates, Beauty, Berwickshire, Biggar, Blanket Preaching, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Borders, Borders Journeys, Bowhill, Cashmere, Castles, CNN names Scotland as world's top destination, Cockburnspath, Coldingham, Coldingham Priory, Cove, Cove Harbour, Covenanters, Creative Scotland, Dawyck, Drumlanrig Castle, Dryburgh Abbey, Dryburgh Abbey Hotel, Dumfriesshire, Duns, East Lothian, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Eildon Hills, Eskdalemuir, Ettrick, Ettrick Kirk, Ettrick Shepherd, Eyemouth, Family History Research, Family History Tours, Farne Islands, Ferniehirst Castle, Flodden 500, Flodden Field, Floors Castle, Flora and fauna, Ford & Etal, Gardens, Genealogical Research, Ghost Tours, Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Gleneagles, Glenkinchie Distillery, Greenlaw, Gretna Green, Grey Mare's Tail, Group Tours, Guided Tours, Gungreen House, Hawick, Highland Games, History & Culture, Holy Island, Holy Island of Lindisfarne, Individual Tours, Innerleithen, James Bond, James Hogg, Jedburgh, Jedburgh Abbey, Jedburgh Castle Jail, Kelso, Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Kibble Palace, Lauder, Leadhills, Lindisfarne, Lindisfarne Castle, Lindisfarne Priory, Linidsfarne Mead, Loch, Loch of the Lowes, Lochmaben, Lockerbie, Manderston House, Mary Queen of Scots, Mellerstain House, Melrose, Melrose Abbey, Mertoun Gardens, Moffat, Monteviot House, Mungo Park, Museum, National Museum of Scotland, Neidpath Castle, Organised Tours, Paxton House, Peebles, Peeblesshire, Pencaitland, Philiphaugh Salmon Viewing Centre, Private Tours, Queen Mary's House, Rosslyn Chapel, Ryder Cup, Sailing, Samye Ling Tibetan Centre, Scotland, Scotland urged to refocus on genealogy tourism, Scott's View, Scottish Borders, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Sheep Dog Trial, Sir Walter Scott, Sirling Castle, Skyfall, Smailholm Tower, Spring, St. Abbs, St. Mary's Loch, Stately Home, Stobo Kirk, Stunning Views, Tartan, Temple of the Muses, Textile, The Great Steward’s of Scotland’s Dumfries House Trust, Thirlestane Castle, Tibbie Shiels, Tours, Traquair, Traquair House, Tweed Valley, Urquhart Castle, VisitScotland, Walkerburn, Wanlockhead, Weaving, William Wallace Monument, Yarrow, Yarrow Valley, Year of Homecoming, Year of Natural Scotland 2013 | Comments Off
It was an early Sunday morning departure from Melrose as the causeway to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne closed to traffic at 9.35am. Due to the early closure of the causeway, the island was surprisingly quiet. We visited Lindisfarne Priory, St. Mary’s Parish Church, Lindisfarne Centre and Gospels Garden during the morning then stopped for a lovely lunch [...]
Aug 16, 2012 | Categories: Bamburgh Castle, Borders Journeys, Farne Islands, Flora and fauna, Gardens, Gertrude Jeckyll, Group Tours, Guided Tours, History & Culture, Holy Island, Holy Island of Lindisfarne, Individual Tours, Lindisfarne, Lindisfarne Castle, Lindisfarne Priory, Linidsfarne Mead, Museum, Northumberland, Northumbrian Coast, Organised Tours, Tours, Uncategorized | Comments Off
Mr & Mrs Fry and their son Peter were spending a week’s holiday in Melrose and decided to join us on our Tweed Valley and Traquair House Tour. We started off our tour at Carelee Mills where Janet gave us a very interesting tour of the mill and described the process of making cashmere products. Morning coffee was at [...]
Jun 07, 2012 | Categories: Borders, Borders Journeys, Caldwell's in Innerleithen, Cashmere, Dawyck, Flora and fauna, Gardens, Group Tours, Guided Tours, Individual Tours, Innerleithen, Intarsia, Peeblesshire, Scottish Borders, Selkirk, Stunning Views, Tours, Traquair House, Weaving, Yarrow | Comments Off
Today was our first tour to Kelso and Floors Castle. The sun didn’t shine but it didn’t rain either! Mr & Mrs Garrett from Fife were the first passengers on this tour; they had been given the tour as a present from their daughter. Mr & Mrs Garrett had never been to Kelso or Floors [...]
May 19, 2012 | Categories: Berwickshire, Borders, Duke of Roxburghe, Floors Castle, Flora and fauna, Gardens, Group Tours, Guided Tours, Individual Tours, Innes-Ker, Kelso, Scotland, Scott's View, Scottish Borders, Sir Walter Scott, Smailholm Pottery, Smailholm Tower, Stunning Views, Tours | Comments Off
After weeks of planning Borders Journeys’ Guided Tours Leaflet for 2012/2013 arrived from the printers today. Ian will personally deliver copies of the leaflet to VisitScotland Visitor Centres, Visitor Attractions, Hotels, Guest House and Bed & Breakfasts over the next few weeks. Further tours will be announced shortly on this website and in Borderevents magazine [...]
Apr 06, 2012 | Categories: Borders, Cashmere, Castles, Creative Scotland, Dawyck, Drumlanrig Castle, Dryburgh Abbey, Dryburgh Abbey Hotel, Dumfriesshire, Facebook, Floors Castle, Flora and fauna, Gardens, Ghost Tours, Group Tours, Guided Tours, Individual Tours, Innerleithen, Kelso, Mellerstain House, Melrose, Mill, Moffat, Paxton House, Scotland, Scottish Borders, Selkirk, Sir Walter Scott, Stobo Kirk, Stunning Views, Textile, Tours, Traquair House, Twitter, Weaving | Tags: Lochs | Comments Off
I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze Excerpt to Daffodils by William Wordsworth
Apr 05, 2012 | Categories: Borders, Castles, Daffodils, Facebook, Flora and fauna, Gardens, Group Tours, Guided Tours, Individual Tours, Melrose, Scotland, Scottish Borders, Spring, Stunning Views, Tours, Twitter, Uncategorized | Comments Off
Caerlee Mill at Innerleithen has been producing textile since 1788 and is Scotland’s oldest continually operating textile mill. Today Caerlee is world famous for the manufacture of cashmere knitwear. Borders Journeys is delighted to include a visit to Caerlee Mills as part of our tours of the Scottish Borders. A visit to Caerlee includes a guided [...]
Mar 07, 2012 | Categories: Borders, Cashmere, Castles, Dawyck, Facebook, Famous designers, Flora and fauna, Gardens, Group Tours, Guided Tours, Individual Tours, Innerleithen, Intarsia, Melrose, Mill, Scotland, Selkirk, Sir Walter Scott, Stobo Kirk, Stunning Views, Textile, Tours, Weaving | Comments Off
The viewpoint from Bemersyde Hill towards the Eildons is located between Earlston & St. Boswells in the Scottish Borders. The view was made famous by Sir Walter Scott as it was reputed to be his favourite view of Borders countryside. Sir Walter Scott stopped at this viewpoint so often on his way to his home [...]
Feb 09, 2012 | Categories: Borders, Dryburgh Abbey, Dryburgh Abbey Hotel, Facebook, Flora and fauna, Gardens, Group Tours, Guided Tours, Individual Tours, Melrose, Scotland, Scottish Borders, Sir Walter Scott, Stunning Views, Tours, Twitter, Uncategorized | Comments Off
Borders Journeys flyers will soon be coming to a place near you. If you would like a supply of the flyers, please contact Ian on 07794 021819 or at Ian@bordersjourneys.co.uk. Borders Journeys can now be found at www.twitter.com/bordersjourneys and on Facebook.
Feb 08, 2012 | Categories: Borders, Castles, Creative Scotland, Dawyck, Drumlanrig Castle, Dryburgh Abbey, Dryburgh Abbey Hotel, Dumfriesshire, Facebook, Floors Castle, Flora and fauna, Flyer, Gardens, Ghost Tours, Glen House, Group Tours, Guided Tours, Individual Tours, Innerleithen, Intarsia, Kelso, Lochcarron, Marketing, Mellerstain House, Melrose, Mill, Moffat, New Year Fireworks, Paxton House, Scotland, Scottish Borders, Selkirk, Sir Walter Scott, Stobo Kirk, Stunning Views, Tartan, Textile, Thirlestane Castle, Tours, Traquair House, Twitter, Uncategorized, Weaving | Comments Off
The Yarrrow Valley situated in the Scottish Borders has two stunning and spectacular fresh water lochs; St Mary’s and the Loch of the Lowes. St Mary’s Loch takes it’s name from the church dedicated to St Mary which stood on the northern shore, today only the graveyard exists. Once a year during July a service [...]
Feb 08, 2012 | Categories: Borders, Creative Scotland, Ettrick Shepherd, Facebook, Flora and fauna, Gardens, Glen Cafe, Group Tours, Guided Tours, Individual Tours, James Hogg, Loch of the Lowes, Mungo Park, Sailing, Scotland, Scottish Borders, Selkirk, Sir Walter Scott, St. Mary's Loch, Stunning Views, Tibbie Shiels, Tours, Twitter, Uncategorized, Yarrow | Comments Off
Drumlanrig Castle is situated in the Nith Valley in Dumfriesshire. The Castle is constructed from local pink sandstone and is a fine example of 17th Century late Renaissance architecture. The Castle is home to Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry and houses part of the famous Buccleuch art collection. Other family properties include Bowhill [...]
Feb 08, 2012 | Categories: Castles, Creative Scotland, Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfriesshire, Facebook, Flora and fauna, Flyer, Gardens, Group Tours, Guided Tours, Individual Tours, Scotland, Scottish Borders, Stunning Views, Tours, Twitter, Uncategorized | Comments Off
Floors Castle is situated on the outskirts of Kelso in the Scottish Borders. The Castle lies on the River Tweed and overlooks the Cheviot Hills. The Castle was built in the early 18th Century by William Adam and is the home of the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe.
Feb 08, 2012 | Categories: Borders, Castles, Duke of Roxburghe, Facebook, Floors Castle, Flora and fauna, Flyer, Gardens, Group Tours, Guided Tours, Individual Tours, Innes-Ker, Kelso, Scotland, Scottish Borders, Stunning Views, Tours, Twitter, Uncategorized | Comments Off
