Crystal from Australia drew this brilliant picture of her garden adventure with her mummy in sunny Peebles. Thank you, Crystal, for posting your story in our Tweed Stories postbox while it was at the Go Tweed Valley Information Centre in Peebles. Find out what else you can see and do in the area at the […]

Isabel and Peggy, who grew up in Peebles in the 1920s and ‘30s, have fond memories of foraging for summer fruits. Isabel: When we were young, we swam in the river – that’s where we spent our summer holidays as children. We were thrown out in the morning by our parents and just played in […]

There is a memorial in the shape of a cairn beside the A701 travelling to Moffat, before the Devil’s Beef Tub. It was erected in 1931 at the behest of the then Tweedsmuir Minister, Rev Dr Crockett, on the centenary of the tragic event that it commemorates. Rev Crockett had known an old man who, […]

This isn’t really a story, but myself and my daughter are planning on walking the length of the Tweed in 2028, once the whole trail has been finished. We are hoping to complete it in around four or five days. I will come back in hopefully a year’s time to say we did it! [Wishing […]

Beneath the hills of Tweedsmuir fair, Where winds sweep down through valley air, There stood an inn of ancient fame, The Crook, renowned in Scotland’s name. Since sixteen hundred and four it stood, Of stone and slate and seasoned wood, Its hearth welcomed travellers through the years, With laughter, stories, songs, and cheers. Great Burns […]

Join the Uncovering the Tweed team for an engaging, hands-on workshop that explores animal remains in archaeology