Erica Reid as born and brought up on the Isle of Lewis but has lived beside the Tweed for 25 years and has walked along its banks daily. Since retiring as a senior NHS nurse, she has been committed to charity work and is currently Chair of the Queen’s Institute of Scotland and a Trustee of the Trimontium Trust, Melrose. Her love of nature and her interest in the stories of the Tweed and its people have been the motivation for writing this book.