As we were driving between the two, we saw a sign for 'Wallace Statue' and 'Scott's View'. We weren't sure what either of them were, but we needed a pretty picnic spot, so we struck off to find them. They were only a mile or so off our route (or so they claimed), but the statue turned out to be a thirty minute walk round-trip once you got to the carpark. I didn't want to risk missing any of the abbeys, so we opted to drive a further half mile to explore the View. It was well worth it, I think:
I'm guessing it must be Sir Walter Scott who gives it the name, as we saw his grave at the abbey just before we stopped here (Dryburgh). I read Rob Roy earlier this year, and had just finished Ivanhoe, so I was quite inspired by the view and the grave (both were unexpected). I love the Borders, and am so glad Paige is based in Stirling so things like this aren't so prohibitive to get to (from Aberdeen it would not be a day trip, that's for sure!)
2 comments:
Definitely an amazing view! I miss those sights.
i always miss you when i'm seeing these sights. so that's pretty much every day in scotland, to one degree or another. ;)
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