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
This weekend Selkirk hosted visitors from their twin town of Plattling in Bavaria. John Nichol from Selkirk’s twinning committee invited Borders Journeys to provide transport and assist him and Rob Duff with a tour of the Yarrow Valley, St. Mary’s Loch and Bowhill. The day began by collecting the visitors from the Heatherlie House Hotel. [...]
Oct 01, 2012 | Categories: Bavaria, Borders Journeys, Bowhill, Covenanters, Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, Ettrick, Ettrick Shepherd, Glen Cafe, Gordon Arms Hotel, Group Tours, Guided Tours, Heatherlie House Hotel, History & Culture, Individual Tours, James Hogg, James Renwick, John Nichol, Loch of the Lowes, Mungo Park, Organised Tours, Philiphaugh Salmon Viewing Centre, Plattling, Private Tours, Scottish Borders, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Sir Walter Scott, St. Mary's Loch, Stunning Views, Tibbie Shiels, Tours, Waterwheel Restaurant, Will O'Phaup, William Laidlaw, Yarrow, Yarrow Valley | Comments Off
Borders Heritage Week 2012 celebrates the myths and legends of the Scottish Borders. Borders Journeys have arranged five tours during the Borders Heritage week, here we will tell the tales and share the stories that surround the myths and legends of this beautiful region of Scotland. Sunday 16th September 2012 – Tweed Valley and Traquair [...]
Sep 09, 2012 | Categories: Abbotsford, Bear Gates, Berwickshire, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Borders, Borders Journeys, Coldingham, Coldingham Priory, Coldstream, Covenanters, Dumfriesshire, Eskdalemuir, Ettrick, Ettrick Kirk, Ettrick Shepherd, Eyemouth, Glen Cafe, Grey Mare's Tail, Group Tours, Guided Tours, History & Culture, Individual Tours, James Hogg, Loch of the Lowes, Melrose, Moffat, Mungo Park, Neidpath Castle, Organised Tours, Peebles, Peeblesshire, Peeblesshire News, Private Tours, Samye Ling Tibetan Centre, Scott's View, Scottish Borders, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Smailholm Tower, Southern Reporter, St. Mary's Loch, Stobo Kirk, Stunning Views, Thomas Boston, Tibbie Shiels, Tours, Traquair House, Tweed Valley, Uncategorized, Will O'Phaup, William Laidlaw, Yarrow | Comments Off
Borders Journeys aren’t the first to offer tours of the Scottish Borders! Back in 1894 John Turnbull & Co. of Selkirk were offering a tour of Ettrick and Yarrow on their four-in-hand coach ‘Flower of the Forest’. Today you can travel in comfort aboard our mini-bus ‘Jeannie’ Original advert from Ettrick & Yarrow – A [...]
Jun 10, 2012 | Categories: Borders, Ettrick Shepherd, Ghost Tours, Group Tours, Guided Tours, Innerleithen, James Hogg, Jeannie, Loch of the Lowes, Mungo Park, Scotland, Scottish Borders, Selkirk, Sir Walter Scott, St. Mary's Loch, Stunning Views, Tibbie Shiels, Tours, Yarrow | Tags: Crosscleuch, Gordon Arms, Tushielaw Inn | Comments Off
A Mystery Tour of the Scottish Borders officially launched Borders Journeys today. We were joined by Barbara, Michelle and local actor and storyteller, John Nichol. In the morning we travelled down the beautiful Yarrow Valley to St. Mary’s Loch where we had a morning ice cream sitting by Loch of the Lowes. We travelled back [...]
May 29, 2012 | Categories: Borders, Borders Journeys, Dryburgh Abbey Hotel, Ettrick, Ettrick Shepherd, Glen Cafe, Group Tours, Guided Tours, Individual Tours, James Hogg, Jeannie, John Nichol, Loch of the Lowes, Mungo Park, Scott's View, Scottish Borders, Selkirk, Sir Walter Scott, St. Mary's Loch, Stately Home, Stunning Views, Temple of the Muses, The Haining, Tibbie Shiels, Tours, Yarrow | Comments Off
Today’s fantastic weather was ideal for a tour to Moffat through the beautiful Yarrow Valley. This picturesque and unspoilt ‘corner’ of the Scottish Borders has the beauty of the Highlands in miniature. St. Mary’s Loch was perfect setting for hosting the Scottish Solo National Sailing Championships this weekend.
May 26, 2012 | Categories: Borders, Borders Journeys, Ettrick Shepherd, Glen Cafe, Grey Mare's Tail, Group Tours, Guided Tours, Individual Tours, James Hogg, Loch of the Lowes, Moffat, Mungo Park, Sailing, Scottish Borders, St. Mary's Loch, Tibbie Shiels, Yarrow | 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
