I can’t believe that it’s taken more than five years of living in Berwick upon Tweed to get around to visiting Chain Bridge Honey Farm which lies around three miles outside the town, easily accessible from the A1. I did try to visit one weekend in low season but it’s only open on weekdays from [...]
You don’t even need a sledge, snowboard or skis to have some fun speeding downhill on snow. If the snow is dry and especially if you’re wearing waterproof outer trousers, you can snowslide down a grassy slope. My husband Demetrius and our sons Simon and Gary had great fun snowsliding at the town walls in [...]
Update 10 February 2011 – Unfortunately all the lights in the arches which cross the river are out of action as the electrical cables have been damaged by high water flows after the snow melted. On Sunday 12 December 2010 the official launch of the Royal Border Bridge Illuminations in Berwick upon Tweed finally took [...]
Update Friday 10 December 2010 – the official launch of the Royal Border Bridge Illuminations took place on Sunday 12 December. Update Monday 28 November 2010 – the official opening was cancelled due to severe Winter weather with no new date as yet. Yesterday evening we watched the testing of the Royal Border Bridge illuminations [...]
I was recently given a Sony NEX-5 DSLR camera with a zoom lens kit to road test. We put it through its paces during a recent walk at Spittal Beach in Berwick upon Tweed, in north east England (or Scengland, as I call this area close to the Anglo-Scottish border). The space available for the [...]
The UK experienced some unusually extreme wintry weather at the start of January 2010. We live in Berwick upon Tweed in the north eastern corner of England, next to the Royal Border Bridge which carries the East Coast railway line over the River Tweed. Below is my pictorial diary of the period 4 – 9 [...]
Bob Baird is a retired police officer turned all-type-of-water paddler extraordinaire. He teaches, instructs and tests all levels of fresh or sea water canoeists and kayakers of all ages. When he has some rare free time he even goes paddling for the fun of it! Borders canoe club (BCC) is extremely fortunate to have Bob [...]
This afternoon I attended the Opening of the Open Exhibition at Berwick upon Tweed‘s Gymnasium Gallery. The exhibition showcases the works of artists and designers living in the local regions of North East England and the Scottish Borders. The exhibition runs until 12 December 2009 and is open Wednesdays to Sundays from 12:00 to 16:00. [...]
I spent the afternoon at the 2009 Berwick Food Festival and local Heritage Open Day. The Barracks courtyard was full of local producers selling all sorts of food and drink from Holy Island mussels to Scottish cider. A favourite with the kids was the “Green Machine” a bicycle whose pedal power liquidised your fruit smoothie, [...]
The 5th Berwick upon Tweed Film Festival “Drawing the Lines” runs from 18 – 20 September. On offer is a selection of films screened at The Maltings including classics such as Laurel and Hardy and Woody Allen’s “Sleeper”, the world premiere of “Tokyo is Dreaming”, a documentary about Sighthill in Glasgow and various short films. [...]
