In Selkirk, the former royal hunting grounds and forests have given way to textile mills along the river banks, but there are many beautiful spots in the nearby countryside -- notably St. Mary's Loch, 23km (14 miles) southwest. Sailors and fishermen love this bucolic body of water, as did such literary greats as Thomas Carlyle and Robert Louis Stevenson. A panoramic segment of the Southern Upland Way, one of Scotland's great backpacking trails, skirts the east shore of St. Mary's Loch. You can take a day hike on the 13km (8-mile) stretch from the loch to Traquair House.
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