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  1. Susan Calman’s Secret Scotland | murreyandblue

    […] year, Calman visited places like Edinburgh Castle (left), Stirling (to fry fish, among other things), Loch Ness, Orkney and Melrose’s legendary […]

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  2. So Master Porker picked up his bagpipes and let rip….! | murreyandblue

    […] the apparently comedial figures are pigs playing the bagpipes. Yes, really. And not only in Scotland, I hasten to point out, because bagpipes are not the sole preserve of that […]

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  3. Ant and Dec’s DNA Journey | murreyandblue

    […] programme, which has recently been repeated, began in 2017 with the duo meeting the legendary Borders historian Alistair Moffat, who just happens to be the uncle of a friend of theirs. Following DNA […]

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  4. The lost city … – murreyandblue

    […] of Roxburgh, one of David I’s auxiliary capitals, in Border country, was visited by Time Team in 2004. Now we can all have a better vision of the scene of the 1460 […]

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  5. Identifying another King – murreyandblue

    […] with any Y-DNA which can be extracted from supposed remains of King Robert {in Dunfermline and Melrose Abbeys}, and thus confirm their true identity.”Strathclyde’s Genealogy Team is seeking further […]

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  6. Melrose Abbey, Abbotsford….and Young Lochinvar…. – murreyandblue

    […] was that Lochinvar had a horse that was the best in all the wide Border. Perhaps he rode past Melrose Abbey. I had such visions of that wonderful […]

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