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
Mrs Bayliss last visited the Scottish Borders thirty nine years ago and decided that she wanted to revisit the area. We organised a tour where Mrs Bayliss could visit places that she’d visited last time plus introduce her to new places of interest. We collected Mrs Bayliss in Melrose before heading to the beautiful Yarrow [...]
Oct 29, 2012 | Categories: Bear Gates, Borders, Borders Journeys, Caldwell's in Innerleithen, Glen Cafe, Grey Mare's Tail, Group Tours, Guided Tours, History & Culture, Individual Tours, Loch of the Lowes, Melrose, Organised Tours, Peebles, Peeblesshire, Private Tours, Scottish Borders, St. Mary's Loch, Stunning Views, Tibbie Shiels, Tours, Traquair, Traquair House, Tweed Valley, Uncategorized, 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
Today’s tour started by collecting Peter, Andrea, Greta and Maya from Samyé Ling Tibetan Centre. When our visitors booked their private tour of the Scottish Borders with us, they specifically requested that we visit a church, castle, loch, see beautiful scenery and have lunch – we agreed that this could be easily done. Leaving Samye [...]
Aug 26, 2012 | Categories: Bear Gates, Blanket Preaching, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Borders, Borders Journeys, Covenanters, Eskdalemuir, Ettrick, Ettrick Kirk, Ettrick Shepherd, Group Tours, Guided Tours, History & Culture, Individual Tours, James Hogg, Loch of the Lowes, Private Tours, Samye Ling Tibetan Centre, Scottish Borders, Sir Walter Scott, St. Mary's Loch, Thomas Boston, Tibbie Shiels, Tours, Traquair House, Tweed Valley, Uncategorized, Will O'Phaup, William Laidlaw, Yarrow | Comments Off
Today in The Scotsman ● Magazine, Borders Journeys appeared in a feature about about short break in the Scottish Borders. We were delighted to provide a guided tour for Jeremy and his wife Wendy during their stay at the Macdonald Cardrona, Golf and Spa.
Aug 25, 2012 | Categories: Borders, Borders Journeys, Cocoa Black, Group Tours, Guided Tours, History & Culture, Individual Tours, Neidpath Castle, Peebles, Peeblesshire, Private Tours, Scottish Borders, St. Mary's Loch, Stobo Kirk, The Scotsman, The Scotsman Magazine, Tours, Traquair House, Tweed Valley, Yarrow | Comments Off
Today we were delighted to welcome Jeremy and Wendy Watson aboard our tour of the Tweed Valley and Traquair House. Jeremy and Wendy were on a weekend visit at Macdonald Cardrona Hotel. Our first stop was Neidpath Castle where Lulu Benson gave us a very interesting tour of the castle. Although not open to the public, Neidpath [...]
Jun 22, 2012 | Categories: Borders, Borders Journeys, Cocoa Black, Group Tours, Guided Tours, History & Culture, Individual Tours, Neidpath Castle, Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scottish Borders, St. Mary's Loch, Stobo Kirk, Tours, Traquair House, Tweed Valley | 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
Another glorious day for our tour to Traquair Shakespeare Festival. It was a day of Elizabethan entertainment including jousting, archery, falconry, theatre and music. The highlight of the day was the equestrian and jousting show by Les Amis d’onno; they were fantastic. Before heading back to Melrose there was time for an ice cream at [...]
May 28, 2012 | Categories: Borders, Borders Journeys, Caldwell's in Innerleithen, Group Tours, Guided Tours, Individual Tours, Innerleithen, Les Amis D'Onno, Scottish Borders, Stately Home, Tours, Traquair House, Traquair Shakespeare Festival | 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
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
