Duncan Astbury · @DuncanAstbury
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Gentleman in the snow, well preserved detail on a gravestone in Berwickshire. The symbols either side of him could be flames, a representation of eternal life. Lower down can be seen an hourglass on its side, time is running out, a classic mortality symbol.

#scotland #berwickshire #fuji_xseries #photography #blackandwhite #taphophile #weathered #snow #gravestone #grave #mortality #inmemoriam #mementomorimonday #mementomori

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Duncan Astbury · @DuncanAstbury
61 followers · 59 posts · Server mastodon.scot

Gravestone with portrait of a figure in a bonnet, 1751, Foulden Parish Church, Berwickshire.

Here lyes the body of
Helen Cleghorn daughter
to John Cleghorn who died
21st September 1751 aged 31

#scotland #berwickshire #fuji_xseries #photography #blackandwhite #taphophile #weathered #gravestone #grave #mortality #inmemoriam #mementomorimonday #mementomori

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Eric Branse-Instone · @EricBranse
181 followers · 392 posts · Server mastodon.scot

@walkhighlands Norham Bridge walk look well worth a look, being so local to me. Thanks!

#costadelberwickshire #walking #ScottishBorders #berwickshire

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David Tanner · @alensinthelandscape
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Vivienne Dunstan · @vivdunstan
724 followers · 691 posts · Server mastodon.scot

Oh my goodness. Just found my ggg-granddad John Usher Somner getting a in 1851 so he could go to ! He was then living in his home town of , , . Oh and his cousin Richard Somner Frier also got a passport at the same time.

#berwickshire #france #travel #familyhistory #genealogy #scotland #roxburghshire #kelso #paris #passport

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Mick Garratt · @Fhithich
552 followers · 1794 posts · Server toot.community

The coastline near Cove

The Berwickshire coastline is a rugged and untamed stretch of land that is a favourite destination of ours for a refreshing break during a northbound journey, offering ample opportunities for exercise and fresh air.

These breathtaking views along the coast are the result of millions of years of sedimentary rock formation during the Palaeozoic geological era, spanning 85 m ...

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#berwickshire #coveharbour #scotland #geological

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Richard Webb · @Fasgadh
159 followers · 162 posts · Server mastodon.scot

Blackadder Water, Dec 2022

#berwickshire

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Richard Webb · @Fasgadh
135 followers · 102 posts · Server mastodon.scot

on Tuesday, Harelaw Moor near Greenlaw

#berwickshire #fatbike

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Richard Webb · @Fasgadh
121 followers · 83 posts · Server mastodon.scot

Full fat fun today in Berwickshire. Otherwise swampy rough grazing was nicely frozen, lots of sheepy singletrack. Decided not to get wet feet fording the Blackadder - a more cunning plan was to head home an hour earlier.

#fatbike #berwickshire #snow

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Trisha Elliott · @patriciaelliott
486 followers · 571 posts · Server mastodon.scot

Driving home earlier… sun setting behind the Eildon Hills.

#eildonhills #sunset #scotland #berwickshire #nhsborders

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Trisha Elliott · @patriciaelliott
486 followers · 571 posts · Server mastodon.scot

How was your commute this morning?

#sunrise #scotland #berwickshire #nhsborders

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Johnny · @dunsrunner
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Honeyburn Books · @honeyburnbooks
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Rebekah Higgitt · @rhiggitt
394 followers · 92 posts · Server mstdn.social

I love a bit of east coast geology in the morning

#railway #geology #silurian #berwickshire #burnmouth

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