Join our Pollinators Along the Tweed project, led by Buglife, in Tweedbank for a morning of plug planting to help improve the park for biodiversity! On the same day, there will also be the opportunity to join a later session from 2pm – 4pm planting near Melrose Parish Church. Sturdy footwear and suitable outdoor clothing […]

Join our Pollinators Along the Tweed project, led by Buglife, in Peebles for a day of hay raking to help improve wildflower meadows for biodiversity. Sturdy footwear and suitable outdoor clothing for Scottish weather are advised! You can drop by or attend the session for as long as you like but, if intending to stay […]

An opportunity to join our Pollinators Along the Tweed project, led by Buglife, for a morning of plug planting in Melrose to help improve local parks for biodiversity. On the same day, there will also be the opportunity to join an earlier session from 10am – 12pm planting at Tweedbank Park Meadow. Sturdy footwear and […]

Icebergs on the Tweed During the hard winter of 2010 I was driving into Kelso and was astonished to see little icebergs floating down the river! I couldn’t believe what I was seeing, but I think the council was clearing the snow from the roads upriver and tipping it into the Tweed. An unexpected arrival […]

What a Romantic River – canoeing in the ice at winter time with my husband-to-be. [Peebles and Neidpath] In the 1980s I paddled down the Tweed from Peebles to the sea. It took me two days. The Tweed Canoe Club, based in Galashiels, meets in a pond at Tweedbank to teach young people to canoe. […]

The old highway to Edinburgh crossed the Tweed near Tweedbank. It was known as ‘Garthgate’, the King’s Road. Between Melrose and Galashiels there was a very old crossing of the Tweed called Pringles Bridge, which has now been completely lost. It was associated with the cannons being taken over the river for the battle at […]