Around Scotland in pictures: Edinburgh | Borders

TAKE a look at this gallery of pictures from right across Scotland, taken by our readers over the festive period.

This week's pictures come from right across Scotland.

This week’s selection:

• Dryhope, near St Mary’s Loch, captured by Dr Dennis Connolly

• The Brown Cow hill in the Cairngorms, as seen by Dr Fraser Douglas

• The Eildon hills in the Borders, photographed by Iain Macintosh

• Rachel Clark’s snap of a Highland Cow at Glen Turret

• Alan Pottiger’s shot of Edinburgh’s skyline at sunset