Rally in the valley I have very many happy memories of marshalling on motor rallies in the Tweed Valley Forests in the 1980s. Hot and dusty! Find out more at forestryandland.gov.scot/visit/forest-parks/tweed-valley-forest-park A welcoming community Had a lovely hike in Cardrona forest, but the bus back to Edinburgh was cancelled for hours due to an accident. […]

Moffat Munchies As a family we stopped in Moffat on our way up the M74. We all loved the famous Moffat toffee! Tweedswell takes flight As the crow flies… Tweedswell to Berwick – 62 miles Edinburgh – 37 miles Glasgow – 41 miles But we’re not going by crow! Touring Tweed’s historic houses Travelling around […]

Snorkelling in the river is like flying over the landscape – columns of rock creating a canyon. I am a long time outdoor swimmer and I love exploring (said Jacquie, who lives near Biggar). I tried snorkelling near Carlowse Bridge on the road to Tweedsmuir. There were no fish, but a huge trout jumped out […]

There are different ways of enjoying the waters in Merlindale, according to these locals. Boating on the field – when our grandson was little and the river flooded the fields here, we would put him in the rubber dinghy to paddle around on the floodwaters because we knew it was safe! My favourite swimming spot […]

In June 2026, the Albert Watson Memorial Hut, a bike bothy at Tweedsmuir, needed a new roof. The hut was built in 1947 for a Glasgow cycling club and is still used with permission by cyclists wanting overnight accommodation. The cost of the roof repairs was about £3,000, and I estimated I could get 60 […]

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. […]