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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/dark-dave/">Dark-Dave</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dark-dave/55089352567/" title="The Door and Gate IMG_9149 2"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55089352567_d0211969d9_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="The Door and Gate IMG_9149 2" /></a></p> <p>Entrance to Ayton, Castle</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/dark-dave/">Dark-Dave</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dark-dave/55090533080/" title="Something Fishy Down Stream IMG_0694"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55090533080_0c04a74f20_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Something Fishy Down Stream IMG_0694" /></a></p> <p>Man Fly fishing in River Whiteadder, nearly hooked a Blue Audi</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/dark-dave/">Dark-Dave</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dark-dave/55089175432/" title="Car Wash inside and out IMG_0686"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55089175432_5c77dcd901_m.jpg" width="240" height="132" alt="Car Wash inside and out IMG_0686" /></a></p> <p>A woman tried to cross the Whiteadder River, Bluestone Ford, <br /> Last Thursday, in the AUDI Q7, She was checked by emergency services, and luckily she is ok,<br /> Cars distance from the ford crossing to the dam is around 250-300 Meters</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/dark-dave/">Dark-Dave</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dark-dave/55090423850/" title="Car wash inside and out IMG_0692"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55090423850_0af3d9b809_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Car wash inside and out IMG_0692" /></a></p> <p>A woman tried to cross the Whiteadder River, Bluestone Ford, <br /> Last Thursday, in the AUDI Q7, She was checked by emergency services, and luckily she is ok,<br /> Cars distance from the ford crossing to the dam is around 250-300 Meters</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55090272845/" title="Smailholm Tower"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55090272845_1cc75ba1c4_m.jpg" width="240" height="158" alt="Smailholm Tower" /></a></p> <p>Smailholm Tower was built in the 15th or early 16th century by the Pringle family who were followers of the Earl of Douglas. Scottish peel towers were designed to protect their occupants from sporadic English raids. Smailholm was attacked by the English in 1543, 1544 and 1546, when the garrison of Wark Castle sacked the tower and carried off prisoners and cattle. The castle was then successfully defended against the English in 1640. It fell into disuse and decay in the 18th century before being restored in the 1980s.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55090114738/" title="Smailholm Tower"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55090114738_98795aeec1_m.jpg" width="240" height="157" alt="Smailholm Tower" /></a></p> <p>Smailholm Tower was built in the 15th or early 16th century by the Pringle family who were followers of the Earl of Douglas. Scottish peel towers were designed to protect their occupants from sporadic English raids. Smailholm was attacked by the English in 1543, 1544 and 1546, when the garrison of Wark Castle sacked the tower and carried off prisoners and cattle. The castle was then successfully defended against the English in 1640. It fell into disuse and decay in the 18th century before being restored in the 1980s.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55089909151/" title="Leaderfoot Viaduct, River Tweed"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55089909151_8a8aafab93_m.jpg" width="240" height="158" alt="Leaderfoot Viaduct, River Tweed" /></a></p> <p>The Leaderfoot Viaduct was opened in 1863 to carry the Berwickshire Railway which operated until 1965.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55090114788/" title="Eildon Hills"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55090114788_4ac7c97d0b_m.jpg" width="240" height="134" alt="Eildon Hills" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55090115053/" title="Kelso Abbey"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55090115053_55a4c6cb50_m.jpg" width="156" height="240" alt="Kelso Abbey" /></a></p> <p>Kelso Abbey was founded in the 1128 by Tironensian monks in the reign of Alexander I (from Tiron Abbey near Chartres in northern France). It stood close to the confluence of the Tweed and Teviot waters, in what was once the Royal Burgh of Roxburgh. In the 14th century, Roxburgh was periodically attacked and occupied by English forces and Kelso's monastic community survived a number of fluctuations in control over the area, restoring the abbey after each period of destruction. From the 1460s, life at the abbey grew more settled, but it was attacked again in the early 16th century and by the mid-16th century it had been abandoned and fell in ruin. The only remains standing today are the west tower crossing and part of the infirmary. The massive Romanesque style of the tower indicate a very large building of formidable construction, evidence of the importance with which Roxburgh was regarded when the abbacy was at the height of its power.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55089908916/" title="Smailholm Tower"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55089908916_676d5cd1a0_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Smailholm Tower" /></a></p> <p>Smailholm Tower was built in the 15th or early 16th century by the Pringle family who were followers of the Earl of Douglas. Scottish peel towers were designed to protect their occupants from sporadic English raids. Smailholm was attacked by the English in 1543, 1544 and 1546, when the garrison of Wark Castle sacked the tower and carried off prisoners and cattle. The castle was then successfully defended against the English in 1640. It fell into disuse and decay in the 18th century before being restored in the 1980s.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55088272863/" title="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55088272863_070e3cb80f_m.jpg" width="159" height="240" alt="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>Jedburgh Abbey is a ruined Augustinian abbey in the Scottish Borders which was founded in the 12th century. The nave and the choir were built in the 13th century and it is a fine example of Norman Romanesque architecture. As well as lands in southern Scotland, Jedburgh Abbey owned large estates in Northumberland. <br /> <br /> Alexander III of Scotland was married there in 1285 but in 1296 the Abbot of Jedburgh swore fealty to Edward I of England at Berwick-on-Tweed. After William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling in 1297, the abbey was pillaged by the English as retribution. Robert the Bruce patronised the abbey in the early 1300s but after the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, the English once again attacked the abbey. In 1370, David II of Scotland supported the completion of the north transept but Jedburgh and its abbey faced more destruction by English invaders in 1410, 1416, 1464, 1523 and 1544. The end for the great Abbey of St. Mary came in 1560 as the Scottish Reformation took hold and the abbey church was relegated to use as the local parish church and it slowly fell into disrepair, as was so often the case.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55088330749/" title="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55088330749_aee0ebf349_m.jpg" width="162" height="240" alt="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>Jedburgh Abbey is a ruined Augustinian abbey in the Scottish Borders which was founded in the 12th century. The nave and the choir were built in the 13th century and it is a fine example of Norman Romanesque architecture. As well as lands in southern Scotland, Jedburgh Abbey owned large estates in Northumberland. <br /> <br /> Alexander III of Scotland was married there in 1285 but in 1296 the Abbot of Jedburgh swore fealty to Edward I of England at Berwick-on-Tweed. After William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling in 1297, the abbey was pillaged by the English as retribution. Robert the Bruce patronised the abbey in the early 1300s but after the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, the English once again attacked the abbey. In 1370, David II of Scotland supported the completion of the north transept but Jedburgh and its abbey faced more destruction by English invaders in 1410, 1416, 1464, 1523 and 1544. The end for the great Abbey of St. Mary came in 1560 as the Scottish Reformation took hold and the abbey church was relegated to use as the local parish church and it slowly fell into disrepair, as was so often the case.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55088330709/" title="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55088330709_7ffd85cc87_m.jpg" width="146" height="240" alt="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>Jedburgh Abbey is a ruined Augustinian abbey in the Scottish Borders which was founded in the 12th century. The nave and the choir were built in the 13th century and it is a fine example of Norman Romanesque architecture. As well as lands in southern Scotland, Jedburgh Abbey owned large estates in Northumberland. <br /> <br /> Alexander III of Scotland was married there in 1285 but in 1296 the Abbot of Jedburgh swore fealty to Edward I of England at Berwick-on-Tweed. After William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling in 1297, the abbey was pillaged by the English as retribution. Robert the Bruce patronised the abbey in the early 1300s but after the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, the English once again attacked the abbey. In 1370, David II of Scotland supported the completion of the north transept but Jedburgh and its abbey faced more destruction by English invaders in 1410, 1416, 1464, 1523 and 1544. The end for the great Abbey of St. Mary came in 1560 as the Scottish Reformation took hold and the abbey church was relegated to use as the local parish church and it slowly fell into disrepair, as was so often the case.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55088435490/" title="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55088435490_d1b01beb9f_m.jpg" width="240" height="158" alt="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>Jedburgh Abbey is a ruined Augustinian abbey in the Scottish Borders which was founded in the 12th century. The nave and the choir were built in the 13th century and it is a fine example of Norman Romanesque architecture. As well as lands in southern Scotland, Jedburgh Abbey owned large estates in Northumberland. <br /> <br /> Alexander III of Scotland was married there in 1285 but in 1296 the Abbot of Jedburgh swore fealty to Edward I of England at Berwick-on-Tweed. After William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling in 1297, the abbey was pillaged by the English as retribution. Robert the Bruce patronised the abbey in the early 1300s but after the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, the English once again attacked the abbey. In 1370, David II of Scotland supported the completion of the north transept but Jedburgh and its abbey faced more destruction by English invaders in 1410, 1416, 1464, 1523 and 1544. The end for the great Abbey of St. Mary came in 1560 as the Scottish Reformation took hold and the abbey church was relegated to use as the local parish church and it slowly fell into disrepair, as was so often the case.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55088435515/" title="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55088435515_73473b8971_m.jpg" width="240" height="157" alt="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>Jedburgh Abbey is a ruined Augustinian abbey in the Scottish Borders which was founded in the 12th century. The nave and the choir were built in the 13th century and it is a fine example of Norman Romanesque architecture. As well as lands in southern Scotland, Jedburgh Abbey owned large estates in Northumberland. <br /> <br /> Alexander III of Scotland was married there in 1285 but in 1296 the Abbot of Jedburgh swore fealty to Edward I of England at Berwick-on-Tweed. After William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling in 1297, the abbey was pillaged by the English as retribution. Robert the Bruce patronised the abbey in the early 1300s but after the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, the English once again attacked the abbey. In 1370, David II of Scotland supported the completion of the north transept but Jedburgh and its abbey faced more destruction by English invaders in 1410, 1416, 1464, 1523 and 1544. The end for the great Abbey of St. Mary came in 1560 as the Scottish Reformation took hold and the abbey church was relegated to use as the local parish church and it slowly fell into disrepair, as was so often the case.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55088065606/" title="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55088065606_c0d48a8b5f_m.jpg" width="153" height="240" alt="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>Jedburgh Abbey is a ruined Augustinian abbey in the Scottish Borders which was founded in the 12th century. The nave and the choir were built in the 13th century and it is a fine example of Norman Romanesque architecture. As well as lands in southern Scotland, Jedburgh Abbey owned large estates in Northumberland. <br /> <br /> Alexander III of Scotland was married there in 1285 but in 1296 the Abbot of Jedburgh swore fealty to Edward I of England at Berwick-on-Tweed. After William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling in 1297, the abbey was pillaged by the English as retribution. Robert the Bruce patronised the abbey in the early 1300s but after the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, the English once again attacked the abbey. In 1370, David II of Scotland supported the completion of the north transept but Jedburgh and its abbey faced more destruction by English invaders in 1410, 1416, 1464, 1523 and 1544. The end for the great Abbey of St. Mary came in 1560 as the Scottish Reformation took hold and the abbey church was relegated to use as the local parish church and it slowly fell into disrepair, as was so often the case.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55088066041/" title="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55088066041_7ec4a9a8cb_m.jpg" width="159" height="240" alt="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>Jedburgh Abbey is a ruined Augustinian abbey in the Scottish Borders which was founded in the 12th century. The nave and the choir were built in the 13th century and it is a fine example of Norman Romanesque architecture. As well as lands in southern Scotland, Jedburgh Abbey owned large estates in Northumberland. <br /> <br /> Alexander III of Scotland was married there in 1285 but in 1296 the Abbot of Jedburgh swore fealty to Edward I of England at Berwick-on-Tweed. After William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling in 1297, the abbey was pillaged by the English as retribution. Robert the Bruce patronised the abbey in the early 1300s but after the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, the English once again attacked the abbey. In 1370, David II of Scotland supported the completion of the north transept but Jedburgh and its abbey faced more destruction by English invaders in 1410, 1416, 1464, 1523 and 1544. The end for the great Abbey of St. Mary came in 1560 as the Scottish Reformation took hold and the abbey church was relegated to use as the local parish church and it slowly fell into disrepair, as was so often the case.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55088065796/" title="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55088065796_6f87b2c704_m.jpg" width="155" height="240" alt="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>Jedburgh Abbey is a ruined Augustinian abbey in the Scottish Borders which was founded in the 12th century. The nave and the choir were built in the 13th century and it is a fine example of Norman Romanesque architecture. As well as lands in southern Scotland, Jedburgh Abbey owned large estates in Northumberland. <br /> <br /> Alexander III of Scotland was married there in 1285 but in 1296 the Abbot of Jedburgh swore fealty to Edward I of England at Berwick-on-Tweed. After William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling in 1297, the abbey was pillaged by the English as retribution. Robert the Bruce patronised the abbey in the early 1300s but after the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, the English once again attacked the abbey. In 1370, David II of Scotland supported the completion of the north transept but Jedburgh and its abbey faced more destruction by English invaders in 1410, 1416, 1464, 1523 and 1544. The end for the great Abbey of St. Mary came in 1560 as the Scottish Reformation took hold and the abbey church was relegated to use as the local parish church and it slowly fell into disrepair, as was so often the case.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55087179022/" title="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55087179022_f4f9cd362d_m.jpg" width="156" height="240" alt="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>Jedburgh Abbey is a ruined Augustinian abbey in the Scottish Borders which was founded in the 12th century. The nave and the choir were built in the 13th century and it is a fine example of Norman Romanesque architecture. As well as lands in southern Scotland, Jedburgh Abbey owned large estates in Northumberland. <br /> <br /> Alexander III of Scotland was married there in 1285 but in 1296 the Abbot of Jedburgh swore fealty to Edward I of England at Berwick-on-Tweed. After William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling in 1297, the abbey was pillaged by the English as retribution. Robert the Bruce patronised the abbey in the early 1300s but after the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, the English once again attacked the abbey. In 1370, David II of Scotland supported the completion of the north transept but Jedburgh and its abbey faced more destruction by English invaders in 1410, 1416, 1464, 1523 and 1544. The end for the great Abbey of St. Mary came in 1560 as the Scottish Reformation took hold and the abbey church was relegated to use as the local parish church and it slowly fell into disrepair, as was so often the case.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55088330824/" title="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55088330824_a92ccb7b4a_m.jpg" width="151" height="240" alt="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>Jedburgh Abbey is a ruined Augustinian abbey in the Scottish Borders which was founded in the 12th century. The nave and the choir were built in the 13th century and it is a fine example of Norman Romanesque architecture. As well as lands in southern Scotland, Jedburgh Abbey owned large estates in Northumberland. <br /> <br /> Alexander III of Scotland was married there in 1285 but in 1296 the Abbot of Jedburgh swore fealty to Edward I of England at Berwick-on-Tweed. After William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling in 1297, the abbey was pillaged by the English as retribution. Robert the Bruce patronised the abbey in the early 1300s but after the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, the English once again attacked the abbey. In 1370, David II of Scotland supported the completion of the north transept but Jedburgh and its abbey faced more destruction by English invaders in 1410, 1416, 1464, 1523 and 1544. The end for the great Abbey of St. Mary came in 1560 as the Scottish Reformation took hold and the abbey church was relegated to use as the local parish church and it slowly fell into disrepair, as was so often the case.</p>

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