Autumn transforms the Tweed into something truly special. Light dances across the river’s surface, leaves drift downstream and familiar places take on an entirely new character. Whether viewed from a hilltop, followed along a winding riverside path or experienced from the water itself, the landscape is constantly changing. What makes autumn along the Tweed so […]

Ceolwulf, King of the Northumbrians between 729 and 737, abdicated the throne to became a monk on Holy Island. He is remembered in Norham, where his body was later laid to rest. St Aidan brought the Good News of Jesus to the people of Northumbria over a thousand years ago. He came from the Island […]

In 1809, a sales pitch was made for an iron railway between Berwick and Kelso. It argued there were large profits to be made from moving substantial quantities of coal and lime from coal-bearing districts nearer the coast to the largely agricultural Tweed valley. Coal was in high demand for industrial and domestic use, while […]

The River Tweed begins its flight In Lowther Hills so wild and bright, From Tweed’s Well high among the land, It winds eastward through Scotland’s strand. For ninety-seven miles it flows, Past hills where purple heather grows, Through Borders valleys, green and wide, With shining waters as its guide. By Peebles, Melrose, Kelso fair, Its […]

This is a Tweed five pound note! Until the middle of the 19th century, privately owned banks in Great Britain and Ireland were free to issue their own banknotes. Paper currency issued by a wide range of provincial and town banking companies, including the Tweed Bank of Berwick, could be used for payments. After the […]

Circus parade My mother-in-law remembered circuses on the village green in Norham in the 1930s, and parades of elephants – chained together – arriving from Berwick! Misty memory A foggy damp February morning with Vicar Rob beside the river in Norham for the annual Pedwell Prayer An exciting sighting Spotting egrets at the Lees beat […]