Hay Lodge Park, Peebles. Wild Writers Festival, Eastgate January 2026. It was sleeting but I’d paid for my guided wild swim at the Dookits, so I was determined to do it! Ingrid was so reassuring and the whole experience was magical – especially when two deer jumped in just nearby and swam across the river. […]

My partner is involved in the Borders Forest Trust, so we decided to go for a walk at Carrifran near Moffat. They said there was a chance we might see golden eagles. At that moment, I looked up and there were TWO golden eagles circling overhead! Carrifran Woodland. [I love] Walking and skinny dipping in […]

An extract from the Edinburgh Evening Post, Wednesday 07 November 1832. Mr. WALTER THORNBURN was angling in the Tweed last week, and hooked a salmon at a place called the New Water, below Innerleithen. The fish proved remarkably camstairy from the beginning, refusing and despising all in manner of control. In short, he would neither […]

The end of the Northumberland Coast Path, an excellent walk. I thoroughly enjoyed doing the whole coast from Newcastle to Berwick in ten separate legs, the final one from Fenwick. What a wonderful finale as one finally reaches the Tweed, then look west towards the ancient old road bridge and the Roman remains. This story […]

Very happy memories of lovely sunny weather in Summer 2002, walking the St Cuthbert’s Way. 23+ years later, I still have a picture of taking a well-earned rest on a bench outside Maxton Church on my wall at work. This story was shared anonymously as part of a Tweed Stories event at St Cuthbert’s Church, […]

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 […]