Join AOC Archaeology Group as they return to the newly discovered medieval moated site on the banks of the Tweed at Fairnilee, identified in LiDAR data and excavated for the first time in 2025. Read more about previous work at Fairnilee No experience is needed, AOC will provide all equipment and training. Find more information […]

Raised in Kelso the river Tweed was always close, whether swimming in the Cobbie Pool, dismissive of stories of danger and drowning or trout fishing, usually unsuccessfully on the Teviot. Work took me away from the Tweed for most of my working life, only to return to Birgham on retirement. By this time I had […]

Riddell Fiddles presents a 40 minute foray, with live music and visuals, into the fascinating life and history of the little egret, celebrating its return to Scotland and the River Tweed. This concert takes place at the historic Dryburgh Abbey, and is open to all visitors, included in your ticket price to visit the Abbey, […]

Riddell Fiddles presents a 40 minute foray, with live music and visuals, into the fascinating life and history of the little egret, celebrating its return to Scotland and the River Tweed. This concert takes place at the historic chapel at Abbotsford. ‘The Meteoric Rise of the Little Egret’ project is supported by Destination Tweed’s Community […]

She tucks her frozen fingers into the pockets of her rough woolen jacket Getting close to the familiar clunking of the heavy machinery racket The mesmerising hum glides down walls made of stone And bumps over cobbled streets where mill children had grown Over the wall, as she passes, she hears the flow of the […]

Lord Dowding is probably Moffat’s most famous son as, during the Second World War, he led RAF Fighter Command in its defeat of the Luftwaffe, saving the UK from a Nazi invasion. Wartime prime minister Winston Churchill dubbed him the ‘architect of deliverance’. Dowding was born in Moffat at St Ninian’s Preparatory School. He was […]