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  • Anyway, Lady Catherine runs Traquair Brewery in Innerleithen and also runs Traquair House.

    When two tribes go to war (part four) Jeff 2007

  • Peebles is close to both Edinburgh and the cycling hub of Innerleithen.

    Five great biking challenges 2010

  • Scott based St Ronan's on the town of Innerleithen, whose popularity was greatly increased by his novel.

    Ten of the best spas John Mullan 2010

  • I was standing in the graveyard at Innerleithen, where I had stood forty years earlier, closer to the ground, with a shorter shadow, and with the same gentle Border hills towering up like mountains all around.

    Jacob's Ladder Mackay, Colin 2003

  • Soon after leaving Innerleithen we could see Traquair House towering above the trees by which it was surrounded.

    From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

  • Innerleithen we came to another "Bell-tree Field," where the bell hung on the branch of a tree to summon worshippers to church, and there were also some mineral springs which became famous after the publication of

    From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

  • Just before reaching Innerleithen we came to a sharp deep bend in the river, which we were informed was known as the "Dirt Pot" owing to its black appearance.

    From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

  • We saw the Tower of Cardrona, just before entering the considerable village, or town, of Innerleithen at six miles from Peebles, and although the time was so early, we met many people on their way to the fair.

    From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

  • We reached Innerleithen just as the factory operatives were returning from breakfast to their work at the woollen factories, and they seemed quite a respectable class of people.

    From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

  • Here we called at the principal inn for our own breakfast, for which we were quite ready, but we did not know then that Rabbie Burns had been to Innerleithen, where, as he wrote, he had from a jug "a dribble o 'drink," or we should have done ourselves the honour of calling at the same place.

    From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

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