The Guardian Statue of William Wallace (Braveheart) glares towards England from its hill above the River Tweed, embodying the tenacity and courage of the people of the Borders. On the next few pages we have listed just a few of our favourite places in this ever-fascinating part of Scotland; you will certainly discover, and fall in love with, some of your very own.

From the spectacular ruins of Benedictine abbeys to the tale of heroism and disaster told in the great tapestry in Eyemouth, the history of this unique region - a history of war, and piety, and romance, carried on in the face of unforgiving Nature - is set out in its great houses and works of art.

A modern day hero, Jim Clark, is commemorated in a museum in Duns, where the great racing driver grew up.

Memories of Sir Walter Scott's doomed heroines will surround you in the novelist's gothic mansion at Abbotsford.

Your own past may lie, awaiting discovery, in the archives of the Borders Family History Society in Galashiels. And perhaps the hardiest inhabitant of all, the Highland cow, can be found (and fed) at Conundrum Farm, just down the road from White Craggs!