Key2ScotlandTours

03/02/2023

Billed as a "misty Scottish Stonehenge with fewer visitors" Kilmartin Glen, with its concentration of Neolithic and Bronze Age remains, features on the New York Times global travel list for 2023.

A misty Scottish Stonehenge, with all of the mystery and far fewer visitors.

15/08/2022

Had a great weekend doing researching for a tour I'm taking early September which took me to parts of Angus and Perthshire I'd not explored before - all in search of Pictish stones..and I found them in kirkyards, in museums and by the roadside!

09/07/2022

A different way to see Urquhart castle .. from a high-speed rib..thank you Beastie Boats 👏

27/06/2022

Thanks to a diversion to our route to Skye our Rabbies bus had to make a diversion and in doing so I managed to sample my first oyster at this amazing farm..simply magical 😊

02/06/2022

Delighted to be in Edinburgh castle(purely by accident guiding a family visiting from the States) when the 42 gun salute went off at noon..

26/03/2022

You might be forgiven for thinking this I was taken in Athens Greece..but this was taken
From the Royal High School, one of the iconic buildings of Edinburgh, the Athens of the North..very privileged to have a tour of the Royal High School today by the Hidden Door team ready for the Festival starting on 9th June - very exciting..

13/03/2022

I've had a wonderful week guiding Dr Elsie Inglis walking tours and meeting such interesting people, some with their own stories to tell about their family links with the Scottish Womens' Hospitals

08/03/2022

I was interested to know the origins of International Women's Day as it feels like a fairly recent initiative....so I was surpised to find that it dates from 1917 when Russian women began a strike for "bread and peace" in response to the death of over 2 million Russian soldiers in World War 1. The women continued to strike until four days later the Czar was forced to abdicate and the provisional Government granted women the right to vote. This day on the Gregorian calendar in use elsewhere was March 8.

27/02/2022

Called ‘The Woman with the Torch’ because the residents of the tenement where she visited the sick clubbed together to buy her a torch so she could better navigate the dark, dank stairways at night.

20/02/2022

An article about A Statue for Elsie Inglis in last week's Scotsman. Honoured to be part of this and running a series of walking tours with 2 other professional Scottish Blue Badge Guides.
https://app.scotsman.com/full_page_image/page-19-1366/content.html?fbclid=IwAR3bf_YNtYYHyKuf9aAjjqesnEfqbvB9z2v5x-7MiUIq5kL0aZB-KFc5hiU

10/02/2022

Can't believe that after weeks of research, collaboration and walking the route that we are about to launch this tomorrow afternoon - so excited. ( still time to get your Friday tickets )

Love on the Royal Mile: stories of romance, passion and intrigue. Discover the romance behind some of the well known stories of Edinburgh.

05/02/2022

Not long until we start our 'Love on the Royal Mile' ...just reading through my notes, memorising the dates and revising the route for the great tour we'll be taking you on from Friday 11th over the weekend until Valentines Day.

Come and join us and see the Edinburgh sights from a different perspective!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/love-on-edinburghs-royal-mile-guided-walking-tour-tickets-256143210237?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb

02/02/2022

Update to auction to raise money for Scottish Book Trust by auctioning book sculptures - amazing final sum raised..

01/02/2022

Very excited to be part of this exciting tour..you'll find out lots about the love intrigues on our 90 minute tour - and..spoiler alert..we can give you a glimpse of one of Edinburgh's newly refurbished (romantic) closes with exclusive information...
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/love-on-edinburghs-royal-mile-guided-walking-tour-tickets-256143210237?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb

25/01/2022

This is a paper sculpture of Burn’s epic poem ‘Tam O’Shanter’ - very appropriate for Burns’ birthday. In a fund-raising campaign, the Scottish Book Trust is auctioning 5 other gems like these- all books by Scottish authors ..(love the ‘Treasure Island’ One) You can bid at the online auction at Lyon & Turnbull..but if your pockets are a little empty just watch the fascinating video on the website about these book sculptures- all donated by an unknown creator ..

14/10/2021

Unexpectedly came across this massive flag yesterday-in preparation for COP 26. Swiss ‘artivist’ Dan Archer . Flag is size of 10-storey building and made up of thousands of portraits from 190 countries!

14/10/2021

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.scotsman.com/news/environment/dynamic-earth-flag-installation-flies-in-edinburgh-to-send-climate-message-to-world-leaders-before-cop26-3416588%3famp

An aerial climate installation, which hopes to influence those deciding the future of our planet at COP26, will fly at Edinburgh’s Dynamic Earth from October 12 – 13.

13/10/2021

Walking in the bright sunlight this morning I saw this mirage flying above Dynamic Earth...getting ready for COP 26