The Tweed Estuary

On day two of our Northumberland week Rob, Richard, Andy and I were joined by Local guide Ollie Jay. Ollie runs his own canoe and kayak guiding and coaching business called Active4seasons close to Berwick upon Tweed and he is a wonderful scource of local information.

The easterly winds had abated a little but the sea was still quite rough so we opted for the shelter of the Tweed estuary. The route took us from the mouth of the river upstream with the flood tide, beneath the famous bridges and up into some wonderful rolling countryside.

We arrived in the grouds of Paxton house which is in Scotland where we stopped for lunch and Andy produced his volcanic Kelly Kettle for a brew.

After lunch we continued to just beyond the tidal limit at Union Bridge then turned back towards Berwick to take advantage of the newly ebbing tide.

Before finishing Ollie and I engageded in some surfing fun on the sand spit by the car park before retiring to the pub for a well earned pint. I'll take this opportunity to thank Ollie Jay for his good company and endless gems of local info.