This is a view of Spittal beach after the vast Tweed flood. The river reached nearly 16 feet at Norham.
This was an account from Rod Dixon of Berwick after going home from a day at the Catholes at Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland
We arrived back in Berwick to scenes and stories of devastation. The storm ( which centred on Northumberland and the Borders ) dumped a massive amount of rain on the area and blocked the A1 and Wooler road, Bill's wife took 3 hours to get home by car from Newcastle, normally an hours journey. The Tweed at Norham is currently at 15ft 3ins and rising with the main tributaries around the 9 to 10 ft level. There has been a mad scramble to get boats off the lower beats. Brian Palmer at Tweedhill ( the bottom beat on the Tweed ) pulled up one boat and emptied the hut as he expected it to be under water - his second boat wasn't reachable, we may see it yet on the beach at Spittal. The farmer at Tweedhill left cows on an island in the river and they will be lucky to survive, they will join the dead sheep coming down into the bay. I think the start of my Autumn season at Dryburgh may be delayed !
About a dozen cows disappeared from Tweedhill island overnight, presumed drowned along with one horse. Ian Bruce, the netsman at the mouth of the river, lost one boat sunk. Water into the tractor shed at Tweedhill but not yet into main hut - foot to go.
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