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New member profile: Colin Semple Furniture Design

Submitted by Rich on Tue, 21/06/2016 - 14:42
  • Windsor chairs
    Windsor chairs
  • Elm desk
    Elm desk
  • Crossover table
    Crossover table

Visit Tweed Valley is delighted to welcome Colin Semple Furniture Design as its latest local business member. From a studio housed in the old school at Stobo near Peebles, Colin designs and makes an exquisite range of original furniture using locally-sourced Scottish hardwood. We caught up with him to find out more

What do you love most about what you do?

I love the journey from a rough idea that gets refined over time... Read more

Eye to eye with ospreys

Submitted by Rich on Tue, 14/06/2016 - 11:15
  • Osprey family at the nest, Tweed Valley

Ospreys have made quite the comeback in Scotland having been driven to the brink of extinction in the UK a century ago. And the Tweed Valley is one of the best places to view these incredible, fish-eating birds of prey

Like so many of our birds of prey, ospreys were once persecuted heavily by hunters and egg collectors to the point where the species was absent from Scotland for much of the first half of... Read more

New member profile: 22 Biggiesknowe, Peebles

Submitted by Rich on Wed, 30/03/2016 - 15:01
  • Living room with fireplace
  • Quaker-style kitchen with views to the Cuddy
  • Bedroom at 22 Biggiesknowe

Visitors to the Tweed Valley have another characterful self-catering option to choose from following the loving restoration of 22 Biggiesknowe – a delightful cottage-style apartment that sits on a quiet street in the heart of Peebles.

Built at the beginning of the 20th century, originally as a weaver's cottage, the apartment has been completely refurbished by owners Lynda and David Murray, and now comprises a light-filled main bedroom, lounge with dining table overlooking Eddleston Water... Read more

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