Travel and Guide Books to the Scottish Borders

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    Battlefield Walks: Northumbria & The Scottish Borders Brian Conduit
    This is an outdoor guide with walks featuring battles and sieges of the area north and south of the Scottish border.
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    Border Pubs & Inns: A Walkers Guide Alan Hall
    This text presents a selection of 53 pubs and inns in the Scottish borders which provide a welcome for walkers. A simple map shows the location of each pub and its facilities. Linked to the pub are route descriptions for over 80 walks.
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    Borders Kitty Cruft; John G. Dunbar; Richard Fawcett
    The history of the Borders is expressed in the buildings described in this book, from castle strongholds and tower houses, the great abbeys, Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian public buildings and country houses to the remains of the textile industry ranging from weavers cottages to 19th century mills.
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    Borders Railway Rambles Alasdair Wham
    Between 1846 and 1901, the Borders acquired no less than 18 individual railway routes, chief among them the Waverley line and yet, by 1969, only the East Coast main line remained. Railway historian Alasdair Wham has walked all of the old routes to offer a detailed account of what can still be found.
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    Gurkha Reiver: Walking The Southern Upland Way Neil Griffiths
    Neil Griffiths accompanied four young Gurkhas on an eight-and-a-half day trek along the 340 kilometres of the Southern Upland Way. This book is a humorous take on their time together. The book sale proceeds will help fund the Gurkha Welfare Trust which looks after 12,000 retired Gurkhas.
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    Kelso, Coldstream & Lower Tweed Valley: The Essential Map For Outdoor Activities
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    Melrose Abbey Richard Fawcett; Richard Oram
    Situated in the Scottish Borders region, Melrose is perhaps the most beautiful of all Scottish monasteries. Written by leading Scottish historians, this volume discusses the abbey and its history, and why it is the most important example of late Gothic architecture in Scotland.
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    The Scottish Borders Peter Jackson
    The Scottish Borders describes 25 walks in the Lammermuir, Moorfoot and Tweedsmuir Hills. The area is steeped in history and legend, with wide moorland, bright waters, sheep-filled hills, and forests.
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    Scottish Borders
    This detailed colour atlas of Scottish Borders provides comprehensive coverage of the region, from Biggar in the west to St Abb's Head in the east.
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    Scottish Borders From Above Alastair Campbell
    'Scottish Borders from Above, Album One - East' features aerial photographs of communities and places of interest in this particular area of the Scottish Borders.
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    Scottish Borders From Above Alastair Campbell
    'Scottish Borders from Above, Album Two - West' features aerial photographs of communities and places of interest in this particular area of the Scottish Borders.
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    The Southern Upland Way: Scotland's Coast To Coast Trail Alan Castle
    The Southern Upland Way is Scotland's coast-to-coast walk and the longest of the national trails north of the border. It runs for 212 miles from picturesque Portpatrick on the west coast across the Galloway and Border Hills to finish on the east coast at Cockburnspath, south of Dunbar.