Innerleithen Nightlife The nicht is dark, the moons no oot, Dark clad men are gaun aboot: On the waterside by yon boat pool Hearts beat fast, but nerves are cool. The nets in place, held by its stake And in deep water nae ripples make They leave it noo an oor or two, When they […]

Two dads and four boys took Stand Up Paddle Boards from Peebles to Glenormiston over Easter. It took six hours and everyone was frozen! Great but slightly too much adventuring! This special memory was shared at Tales of the Riverbank, a joint Tweed Stories and Riverwoods event celebrating the Tweed and its riverside woodlands, held […]

Always love to see the Heron. A magical bird. One appeared the first afternoon I was moving into a flat in Peebles, perched on the neighbour’s fence. It was a great welcome. This special memory was shared at Tales of the Riverbank, a joint Tweed Stories and Riverwoods event celebrating the Tweed and its riverside […]

Having been born and brought up by the river Tweed at Broomhall, Mertoun Estate, over 70 years ago. We spent many happy hours on a Sunday afternoon playing by the waterside. Never daring to go far in as there was a deep whirlpool where cows had drowned trying to cross. In the summer we’d had […]

Extracts from a recorded interview with Jen Bulloch, manager of the Wee Crook. It’s definitely not just a café. We get locals every single day. We’re open seven days a week. You’ll get people coming from all over and it’s definitely a meeting place. It’s got a special feel hence the reason why we decided […]

Extract from an interview with Maureen Thornborrow who remembers growing up near the Fruid reservoir and attending Tweedsmuir Primary School. If you’ve never been up to Fruid, you should go for a look and see where I grew up. And then subsequently all my children grew up after that. A wonderful playground, it’s very remote […]