LETTER FROM SCOTLAND – Travel and Tourism to restart with COVID breakthrough – A new vaccine breaks the deadlock.
It is a mixed bag this week and this newsletter starts off with reports on the COVID situation in the UK and Scotland in particular, including the political ramifications on the different priorities o...
23 Nov 202039min
Scotland's rugged coast - Inverness to Gairloch (Part 2) - fabulous beaches, Botanical gardens, Russian convoys… Scotland's west coast has seen it all.
In this episode, you will travel from Gruinard House and Gardens and follow the coastal road hugging the sea loch Ewe and loch Gairloch before returning to Inverness, via Loch Maree, on this last leg ...
8 Nov 202032min
Scotland's rugged coast - Inverness to Gairloch (Part 1) - Cross over to the Black Isle then take in the amazing scenery of Gairloch's west coast and experience the wonderful mountainous Wester Ross.
Touring from Inverness to the Gairloch on Scotland's rugged west coast is an absolute delight. This is the third part of Inverness tours. In this Podcast, we leave the city and head north over the Kes...
25 Okt 202022min
Scotland - Inverness City (Part 2) - Executions in the Old High Church graveyard seems barbaric but that is part of Inverness' legacy after the battle of Culloden…
Inverness part 1 gave you an overview of the area and history of the town. In this Podcast Inverness part 2, you will walk the streets of Inverness to hear about the prominent historic buildings and b...
9 Okt 202027min
Scotland - Inverness City (Part 1) A fabulous castle in the heart of Inverness - Capital of the Highlands and a strategic destination for centuries.
Inverness dates back to the 6th Century and is chronicled in the Biography of St Columba by Adomnan his scribe. The first reference to the Loch Ness Monster is recorded here when St Columba was asked ...
26 Sep 202018min
Scotland - Sex Scandal Enquiry of Scotland's First Minister! Why is the most high profile Sex Scandal enquiry in Scotland receiving so little attention in Scotland's Media, especially the BBC?
If you love Scotland or are simply intrigued by this small independently minded, bagpipe blowing, haggis eating, caber tossing, tartan kilted nation then you will be interested in the news and views ...
18 Sep 202033min
OUTLANDER and Monty Python fans unite! Close to Stirling Castle is the magnificent Doune castle where history and modern fiction come together. So what do Jamie and Claire of Outlander and King Bedevere, Monty Python's English King, have in common.
Stirling castle was an extremely important Royal residence for hundreds of years. Close by, in the small town of Doune, is an equally impressive castle, Doune castle, with its own bloody history. This...
11 Sep 202028min
Reverend Kirk died on a hillside in Aberfoyle in mysterious circumstances, just one of the stories from a stunning part of Scotland, the Trossachs. Rob Roy, the Scottish vagabond, also roamed this part of Scotland and made his name evading the law. Was he
The Trossachs is a naturally beautiful part of lowland Scotland and, to some extent, mirrors the beauty of the Highlands with it lochs, glens and mountains. But it is some of the stories connected wit...
28 Aug 202030min
