Scotland Guide
Southern Scotland
The Borders
Sandwiched between the Cheviot Hills on the English border and the Pentland and Moorfoot ranges to the south of Edinburgh, is the Borders region ( 
www.scot-borders.co.uk ). The finest section of the lush Tweed valley lies between Melrose and Peebles, where you'll find a string of attractions, from the eccentricities of Sir Walter Scott's mansion at Abbotsford to the intriguing Jacobite past of Traquair House, along with the region's famous abbeys, founded in the reign of King David I (1124–53).