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New member profile: Steve Culbert, Tweed fishing instructor

  • Client with grayling, River Tweed
  • Steve with an impressive salmon, River Tweed
  • Salmon fishing on the Tweed

Loved and celebrated by anglers around the world, the River Tweed offers some of Scotland’s very finest fishing – although often it pays to receive some guiding or instruction to get the very best out of the experience.

And that’s where fly fishing instructor and guide Steve Culbert comes in. Peebles-based, Steve offers a friendly guiding and instruction service, helping clients fish on the Tweed for salmon, wild brown trout, sea trout and grayling,... Read more

New member profile: Lindores Guest House, Peebles

  • Lindores Guest House, Peebles
  • Lindores Guest House, Peebles
  • Lindores Guest House, Peebles

In the first of a series of short profiles covering new members to Visit Tweed Valley, we introduce Lindores Guest House a three-star guest house in the heart of Peebles

Situated in Peebles old town just a few minutes’ walk from the High Street, Lindores Guest House is ideally located for exploring Peebles and the wider area. Unsurprisingly given the area’s appeal for those who love the outdoors, guests often come to enjoy the... Read more

Playing wild

  • The new-look adventure playground at Bowhill
  • Two slides are connected by a tricky rope walk
  • On the zip-wire
  • Making music (of sorts!)
  • Forest tunes
  • Great playground, beautiful setting

We’d heard about the newly spruced-up adventure playground at Bowhill House and Country Estate, so it was high time for a visit ...

Mmm, decisions, decisions. What to play on first … one of two zip-wires, a huge wooden fort, cargo scramble net, rope bridge, some serious slides, or fantastic selection of swings? My trusty adventure playground tester (aged four and a bit) was having a hard time deciding quite where to begin.

And... Read more

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