Gretna Green

Border town steeped in historical romance

To get you in the mood

Scot pop has plenty to offer the modern-day eloper. How about Texas's Once in a Lifetime? Love is All Around by Wet Wet Wet? Eurythmics' Sweet Dreams Are Made of This (with Aberdonian Annie Lennox on vocals)? Edwyn Collins' Never Met a Girl like You Before? Or if you fancy something a little different, there's always The Crankies, Andy Stewart or 'folk-rock supergroup' The Incredible String Band. On second thoughts...

The Complete Illustrated Poems and Songs and Ballads of Robert Burns should set the heart racing, while Sir Walter Scott's Waverley novels will add some historical panache to your Scottish romance.

Language of love

Huppy anniversurry!

A luv ye = I love you

Awrebest! = congratulations!

Wull ye merry mi?

Stags and hens

There are plenty of golf courses in the Dumfries and Galloway area, including those at Langholm, Powfoot and Lockerbie. Lovers of the great outdoors can walk the Scottish Lowlands Way linking the east and west coasts, stopping off en route for refreshment. (Don't forget the hip flasks!) There's salmon and trout fishing in the River Dee for keen anglers, and in Gretna itself, the Gables hotel has a karaoke machine for embarrassing night-time entertainment.

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