Fast, wide, tree-lined and fringed with grassy banks, the Tweed looks at its best at PEEBLES , a handsome royal burgh that sits on the north bank, about fifteen miles northwest of Selkirk. The town itself has a genteel, relaxed air, its wide, handsome High Street bordered by houses in a medley of architectural styles, mostly dating from Victorian times, and ending in the soaring crown spire of the Old Parish Church at the western end. Halfway down the High St... [More]