Private Wild Swim and Forage Walk at Traquair House
Come to the historical grandeur of Traquair House in the Tweed Valley for a relaxing half day immersing yourself in nature on the land and in the water with a gentle foraging walk, a guided swim in a beautiful pool in the River Tweed and a warm up with your wild foraged tea and homemade cake.
Meeting at Traquair House car park you will be guided on a gentle, relaxing walk to the beautiful River Tweed with stories of Traquair on the way. Enroute we will identify and forage ingredients for our wild tea and maybe find a nature snack or two as we go.
Reaching the river we will get ready for our swim. Here you will be guided safely into the water and we will swim together, playing with the flow of the water and magic of this place.
After our swim we will share a snack and our wild foraged tea made with a kelly kettle on the bank of the River Tweed before returning through the gardens to our meeting place from where you can further explore Traquair House, gardens and cafe.
This route is level and generally easy under foot, Distance 1mile/1.5km. The access to the river for the swim has a large step down off the bank. The swim is suitable for experienced and those fairly new to wild swimming but not complete beginners.
We will be outside for the whole session and we are in Scotland so please come with suitable waterproof clothing and good foot wear.
In addition please bring:
- Your personal swim kit, including towel.
- Footwear protect your feet in the water is essential, watershoes, old trainers or sandals.
- Plenty of warm layers for after the swim including a woolly hat for after the swim even if it is a warm sunny day.
- We will use tow floats in the river so please bring one if you have one or I can lend you one on the day.
- Please pack kit in a back pack for easy carrying and to leave your hands free for foraging.
Wild foraged tea and a snack.
Loan of tow float if required.
*Important* There is an additional cost of a day ticket to the Traquair Estate of £6 per person payable on arrival, this allows you to further explore the grounds for the rest of the day before or after our activities.