‘Oh, the well’s there yet right enough,’   said the shepherd in answer to my inquiry.  ‘But it’s no’ just easy findin’ it.  Yon signpost on the main road’s verra deceivin’.  It’s doun in yon park.  I’ll tak’ ye to’t.’ Down we went, leaving the moor for the damp green meadow at the bottom, below Tweedshaws, […]

I was brought up at a farm called Fireburnmill about a mile west of Coldstream, and the Tweed was part of my wonderful boyhood life! I often tell friends the river runs through my veins. My grandfather was Charles Tweedie Young, and I later learned that Tweedie Castle near Drumelzier was the home of the ‘Tweedies’, said […]

Tweed Stories invited people to explore a giant map of the River Tweed and share their memories and special places at our ‘Tales from the Riverbank’ event at Innerleithen Memorial Hall on Saturday 9th May 2026. Here’s what they told us: Beattock: Beattock Bash – family friendly music festival. Source of the Tweed: Fast cars […]

Historically, Mute swans were recognised as ‘royal birds’ and many were bred and kept in captivity either as status symbols or for food. Now no longer eaten or held in ‘swanneries’, our native Mute swans are found across the Tweed in all available habitats. For many years, the estuary of the Tweed at Berwick has […]

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 […]