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On, St Ronan’s, On …

  • Cleikum Ceremonies, St Ronan's Wells
  • A wonderfully decorated house
  • One of many parades on Innerleithen High Street
  • Fancy dress parade
  • St Ronan's Silver Band
  • All set for 'Burning the De’il' ...

Not to be outdone by that lot up the road in Peebles with their fancy Beltane Festival, Innerleithen has a rather special celebration of its own which gets under way today – the St Ronan’s Border Games.

The oldest organised sports meeting in Scotland, the Games have run almost continuously since their inception in 1827. Originally a mini-Olympics for amateur sportsmen featuring events such as sprint, middle distance running, long jump and hammer throwing,... Read more

Playing to the gallery

In what is the group’s 20th annual production, the 2015 season of Shakespeare at Traquair sees a performance of Hamlet. Ahead of opening night on Wednesday, we caught up with some of the players to talk beards, peacocks, audience participation and the challenges of putting on a promenade performance

Scott Noble’s first involvement as an actor in Shakespeare at Traquair many years ago was nothing short of nerve-wracking. “It was The Taming of... Read more

New member profile: E-Motion Bikes

  • Rod Mitchell, Founder of E-Motion Bikes
  • Hazel and Ellen about to embark on a 40-mile round trip
  • Simon Hermiston from Macdonald Cardrona Hotel, Golf & Spa - one of the rental points - gets to grips with an e-bike
  • The E-Motion Bikes rental delivery van has become a familiar sight around the Tweed Valley!

In a place like the Tweed Valley where pedal power is king, the notion of getting around using electric bikes will have some scratching their heads. But that has not stopped new Visit Tweed Valley member E-Motion Bikes from seeing huge interest in rentals of its top-of-the-range electric bikes.

Based at Cardrona, E-Motion rents (and sells) a variety of electric bikes that enable visitors to explore the Tweed Valley without having to worry about climbing... Read more

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