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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/95082985@N04/">Tarek R.Photography</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/95082985@N04/55339437872/" title="A Temporary Haven — EBS 182 — EBS 2"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55339437872_c8a6a3e6d8_m.jpg" width="240" height="100" alt="A Temporary Haven — EBS 182 — EBS 2" /></a></p> <p>Tucked against the far shore of a remote loch in the Scottish Borders, a solitary white caravan stands as an anchor of scale against the rolling slopes of the Southern Uplands. Under a soft, brooding sky and drifting pockets of hill mist, this single point of shelter emphasizes the vast, peaceful isolation of the border country—a quiet testament to simple living at the very edge of the wild landscape.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/spuggs/">Alan Potts</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/spuggs/55334876616/" title="ALAN_POTTS_20260614_MG_0954"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55334876616_22500ac906_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="ALAN_POTTS_20260614_MG_0954" /></a></p> <p>A male Common Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) photographed in my back garden this afternoon. Male Wrens are renowned for their complex songs and dance moves as they attempt to attract females to the various nest they build. This one could only manage poorly timed bobbing and an endlessly repeated squawk. No females showed any interest. <br /> <br /> My wife says we should call him Alan.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/nodding_pig/">Nodding Pig</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/nodding_pig/55329379845/" title="Into the gorge"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55329379845_8c8cb5da0f_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Into the gorge" /></a></p> <p>Class 170 diesel multiple unit No. 170409 has almost reached Galashiels station with 2T84, the 12:45 Edinburgh to Tweedbank service on Thursday 25th September 2025.<br /> <br /> I thought about cropping out the fragment of fence in the foreground but decided I preferred the photo with it in.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/redhand1873/">Redhand1872</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/redhand1873/55318662533/" title="Fast Castle"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55318662533_542cd987bc_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="Fast Castle" /></a></p> <p>default</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/redhand1873/">Redhand1872</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/redhand1873/55318723844/" title="Fast Castle"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55318723844_8a059cb3bf_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="Fast Castle" /></a></p> <p>default</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/redhand1873/">Redhand1872</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/redhand1873/55317585817/" title="Paxton House"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55317585817_d845c7a2ce_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="Paxton House" /></a></p> <p>default</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/redhand1873/">Redhand1872</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/redhand1873/55318662603/" title="Fast Castle"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55318662603_9209454dc1_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="Fast Castle" /></a></p> <p>default</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/redhand1873/">Redhand1872</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/redhand1873/55318903430/" title="Paxton House"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55318903430_3a7467a7b8_m.jpg" width="240" height="120" alt="Paxton House" /></a></p> <p>default</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/redhand1873/">Redhand1872</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/redhand1873/55318898275/" title="Union Bridge"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55318898275_b2008542ef_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="Union Bridge" /></a></p> <p>default</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/redhand1873/">Redhand1872</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/redhand1873/55318501366/" title="Fast Castle"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55318501366_f70d0a4daa_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="Fast Castle" /></a></p> <p>default</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/redhand1873/">Redhand1872</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/redhand1873/55317591442/" title="Fast Castle"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55317591442_fc5e0c3794_m.jpg" width="240" height="120" alt="Fast Castle" /></a></p> <p>default</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/redhand1873/">Redhand1872</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/redhand1873/55318495646/" title="Paxton House"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55318495646_92e24b13bf_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="Paxton House" /></a></p> <p>default</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/redhand1873/">Redhand1872</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/redhand1873/55317580982/" title="Union Bridge"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55317580982_c4a82d32ff_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="Union Bridge" /></a></p> <p>default</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/redhand1873/">Redhand1872</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/redhand1873/55318712959/" title="Union Bridge"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55318712959_3ecd6e434e_m.jpg" width="240" height="120" alt="Union Bridge" /></a></p> <p>default</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/redhand1873/">Redhand1872</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/redhand1873/55317580972/" title="Union Bridge"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55317580972_1185d4f23a_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="Union Bridge" /></a></p> <p>default</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/redhand1873/">Redhand1872</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/redhand1873/55318718329/" title="Paxton House"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55318718329_abca2eebf8_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="Paxton House" /></a></p> <p>default</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/redhand1873/">Redhand1872</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/redhand1873/55317585947/" title="Paxton House"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55317585947_e95853aa83_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="Paxton House" /></a></p> <p>default</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/redhand1873/">Redhand1872</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/redhand1873/55318662608/" title="Fast Castle"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55318662608_9130bee310_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="Fast Castle" /></a></p> <p>default</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/peeblespair/">PeeblesPair</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/peeblespair/55278193430/" title="Pause and Reset"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55278193430_91cab5274e_m.jpg" width="240" height="150" alt="Pause and Reset" /></a></p> <p>Lines of fencing and scattered pines guide the eye through rolling farmland that has changed little over generations. Tucked among the folds of the hills, the white farmhouse seems almost hidden within the vast landscape, dwarfed by open sky and long stretches of pasture. It is the kind of evening the Scottish Borders are known for, quiet, expansive, and rich with color just before dusk settles over the land.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/redhand1873/">Redhand1872</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/redhand1873/55308645065/" title="Abbotsford the home of Sir Walter Scott"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55308645065_70bef61939_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="Abbotsford the home of Sir Walter Scott" /></a></p> <p>default</p>

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