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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Travel
Mike MacEacheran

‘It’s not the Zambezi, but the Tweed has its moments’: canoeing in the Scottish Borders

Mike MacEacheran and his guide Craig Reid get splashed in their canoe
Messing about in a boat … Mike MacEacheran (right) with his guide Craig Reid on the River Tweed Photograph: PR

It was a morning of brooding green banks and dark skies on the River Tweed. Heavy rains had hit southern Scotland and the waterway had turned into a fast flood, with the deluge sweeping our two-seater canoe downstream through farmland and fishing beats as fast as a salmon escaping a rod and reel.

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