Down the Reivers' Road
Join us on the Reivers Road: six GPS-triggered audio trails in the beautiful Scottish Borders.
Wednesday, 9 December 2020
Who were the Reivers?
Thursday, 15 October 2020
The Cout of Kielder
Not far beyond the entrance gate to the chapel
enclosure at Hermitage Castle, between the wall and the bank of the Hermitage Water, is a slightly
raised mound, the grave of the "Cout of Keilder", an English
nobleman, said to be a giant of a man who wore impenetrable armour. Legend has
it that he terrorised the area until invited to dine by Nicholas de Soules at
his hunting lodge here. The "Count of Keilder" was invulnerable to
physical attack, but de Soulis' retainers set on him while he was crossing the
Hermitage Water and the weight of his armour meant that he drowned.
Jamie Telfer introduces The Hermitage Trail
Here's a new idea for a rainy day! Stories, music, poetry and song from the Border landscape outside, delivered automatically (+ Covid-secure!) to you in your car.
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Jamie Telfer introduces The Hermitage Trail
Here's a new idea for a rainy day! Stories, music, poetry and song from the Border landscape outside, delivered automatically (+ Covid...
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Not far beyond the entrance gate to the chapel enclosure at Hermitage Castle, between the wall and the bank of the Hermitage Water, is a s...
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Here's a new idea for a rainy day! Stories, music, poetry and song from the Border landscape outside, delivered automatically (+ Covid...
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To ‘reive’ is to rob or plunder (the word ‘bereft’ survives). In Scotland, Reivers are associated with the Borders and the lawless 16th ce...