{"id":123,"date":"2007-08-04T17:15:59","date_gmt":"2007-08-04T07:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=123"},"modified":"2007-08-04T17:15:59","modified_gmt":"2007-08-04T07:15:59","slug":"northumberland-moors-to-edinburgh-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/britain-ireland\/northumberland-moors-to-edinburgh-britain","title":{"rendered":"Northumberland moors to Edinburgh &#8211; Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>DAY 2 &#8211; Crossing the wild Northumberland moors into Scotland, a lone piper greeted us at the border.\u00a0 Our route then takes us past Jedburgh Abbey, where we had a quick stop for a photoshoot, \u00a0and the house of the ill-fated Mary Queen of Scots en route to the capital of Edinburgh.\u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"85\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/21744-2\/Scot_0004.jpg?resize=85%2C110\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Lone Piper\" height=\"110\" style=\"width: 85px; height: 110px\" title=\"Lone Piper\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jedburgh Abbey was founded by David I around 1138 for Augustinian canons.\u00a0Underlying the tranquility of the Abbey&#8217;s Romanesque and early <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"left\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/21754-2\/Scot_0008.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Jedburgh Abbey\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Jedburgh Abbey\" \/>Gothic\u00a0buldings is a turbulent history, due to its location.\u00a0 When Anglo-Scottish relations deteriorated after 1296, Jedburgh became a frontline target for English armies. The Reformation marked the abbey&#8217;s final decline. However, despite this, it functioned as the local church up to 1875, after which it became disused.\u00a0 Fragments of 9th century Celtic stonework reveals an earlier structure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On our journey into Edinburgh, we had an account of the fateful\u00a0night of February 9, 1567, when a trail of gunpowder was lit in the cellar of a house in the backstreets of Edinburgh. The explosion decimated the house and Lord Darnley, the husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, was killed. 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