I'm looking for advice, and I know a lot of folk on here are south of Edinburgh so I'm hoping to lean on your local knowledge, as I'm not hugely familiar with the area - only really know the A68.

I'm planning a car club trip to the Jim Clark museum later on this year, probably September and I'm looking for a decent hotel in the Melrose-Lauder-Duns area that has secure parking, or at least decent, secluded parking. Budget fairly flexible, don't want somewhere ridiculously expensive but equally don't want Fawlty Towers or a Travelodge either.

Any ideas folks? Looked at Dryburgh Abbey but it looks to be booked for when I was planning