The Border took almost 1800 years to define on the map, which is a frontier dispute of Balkan proportions. For five centuries it was the most lawless place in Britain, torn apart by war and Reiving, Alistair Moffat the Scot and Eric Robson the adopted Cumbrian, and both bearing a passing resemblance to grumpy old men on tour, set out to explore its history and folklore, politics and landscape. From Sark Foot on the Solway by way of the Debateable Land and the Scots Dyke, past Bloody Bush and Kielder, out into the wild country of the Cheviots and down the River Tweed to the sea cliffs of Lamberton. On the way they try to discover the people who created the Border and to find out how significant the line on the map is today.
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