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
Our day started with a tour of Melrose and its beautiful abbey followed by a lovely lunch in Marmions Brasserie. After lunch we did a mini Sir Walter Scott tour, visiting Smailholm Tower, Scott’s View and Dryburgh Abbey followed by a delicious afternoon tea at the Dryburgh Abbey Hotel. We left a wet miserable Scottish [...]
Aug 20, 2012 | Categories: 1513, Battle of Flodden, Borders Journeys, Dryburgh Abbey, Dryburgh Abbey Hotel, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Flodden 500, Flodden Field, Group Tours, Guided Tours, History & Culture, IDEOMS Theatre Group, John Nichol, Melrose, Scott's View, Scottish Borders, Selkirk, Sir Walter Scott, Smailholm Tower, Soddin Flodden, Tours | Comments Off
Today Ian from Borders Journeys and John Nichol from IDEOMS Theatre Company attended Flodden 500 Stakeholders Meeting at St. Cuthbert’s Community Centre in Coldstream. Lord Joicey welcomed everyone to the meeting and introduced Kendra Turnbull who facilitated the meeting. There are currently 109 projects on both sides of the border that are being organised for Flodden 500 [...]
Jul 31, 2012 | Categories: 'The Battle of Flodden' by Jane Bell, 1513, Battle of Flodden, Borders Journeys, Branxton, Coldstream, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Flodden 500, Flodden Field, Ford & Etal, Group Tours, Guided Tours, History & Culture, IDEOMS Theatre Group, Individual Tours, John Nichol, Kendra Turnbull, Lady Steel, Lord Joicey, Northumberland, Scottish Borders, Soddin Flodden, Tours | Comments Off
