Books possess a remarkable power to whisk us away to different times and places. The Borders has long been a muse for writers, inspiring them to create enduring poetry, ballads, and literature that beautifully depict our landscape. Sir Walter Scott drew on Scottish history and landscapes to inspire his timeless classics including several books which […]

BURNFOOT, LOWER DRYBURGH, RIVER TWEED. It was a sad but glorious morning at Burnfoot on the Lower Dryburgh beat when we tipped his ashes from the urn into the river – the magnificent beech and oak trees were starting to colour with autumn hues and bowed gently with respect in the very slight breeze. It […]

James Valentine, working for his family company, took some of the earliest photographs of the Tweed in the 1860’s.

According to the medieval tale, ‘The Life of Merlin of the Forest’, Merlin lived in the woods of the South of Scotland in the late 6th Century.

The Tweed has inspired centuries of poets, writers and artists and still inspires us today.

The Peel (or pele) tower is an iconic piece of architecture on the Tweed.