Welcome to autumn in the beautiful Scottish Borders 🍂 The colours are really starting to show at Dawyck Botanic Garden. It's a great time to see maples, rowans, Japanese katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum), and North American golden birch (Betula alleghanien) in their seasonal splendour, as well as lichens and fungi. Visit this autumn, open daily 10am - 4pm until 30 November. | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

I’m swapping history and comedy for hiking—walking from St Mary’s Loch to Broad Law, the highest point in the Scottish Borders. Let’s enjoy the scenery.#ScottishBorders #BroadLaw #HikingScotland #HillWalking #OutdoorAdventure #StMarysLoch #Scotland | Discover Scottish Borders with Mark Nicol

Broad Law is the highest hill in the Scottish Borders. Today, I became (probably) the first man in history to roll down it. Gravity works.#BroadLaw #ScottishBorders #Comedy #OutdoorFun #HillRolling #EpicFails #Adventure | Discover Scottish Borders with Mark Nicol

So much work went into building these tunnels—but for what? Does it really reach Cockburn’s Path? The coast’s history is full of mysteries and changes.#ManMadeTunnels #ScottishBorders #TunnelExploring #HiddenHistory #CaveMystery #CoastalAdventure #UrbanExploration | Discover Scottish Borders with Mark Nicol

Near Greenlaw stands a memorial to RAF pilot Richard Hillary—and to the many who served at RAF Charter Hall. I’m here to uncover the history and see if anything survives of the airfield today.#RAFHistory #RichardHillary #WWIIHistory #ScottishBorders #AviationHeritage #MilitaryHistory #Coldstream | Discover Scottish Borders with Mark Nicol