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Return to Dumfries and Galloway

Having explored the eastern section of Dumfries and Galloway on an earlier visit, travel writer Robin McKelvie returns to explore the western side of Dumfries and Galloway and finds…

Scotland’s Smugglers’ Coast

Journalist Robin McKelvie visits Scotland’s Smugglers’ Coast, discovering the secrets of Eyemouth’s role in the smuggling trade and viewing the inlets and harbours along the Berwickshire Coastal Path that made…

Celebrating Selkirk

Journalist and travel writer Robin McKelvie jumped at the chance to tick Selkirk off his ‘To Overnight In’ bucket list. This Scottish Borders town vibrates with the legends of William…

Exploring Eyemouth

Travel writer and journalist Robin McKelvie explores history, world-class seafood and superb walking trails as he goes on tour on Scotland’s east coast in the Scottish Borders. Eyemouth and its…

8 things to do in the Borders

Think that the Borders are just somewhere that you just bash through on the way to Edinburgh or in search of the Highlands? Or live in Scotland’s Central Belt and…

Escape to the Borders

Any time of year is a good time to be in the Borders, but the start of March proves a corker. I step off the Borders Railway from Edinburgh bathed…

10 reasons to holiday in Dumfries and Galloway year-round

For me one of the biggest lessons of the last few tumultuous years is to seize the moment; to savour and appreciate things in the here and now. As we’ve…

Take my car keys and go to Dumfries and Galloway. At Once!

Travel writer Robin McKelvie spent 3 days in Dumfries & Galloway, exploring the charms of the region. Now, he reminisces about his love affair with the region and shares why…